--- title: Taxes and the government's budget — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Money description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 36 «Taxes and the government's budget» of the money course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / Taxes and the government's budget # Taxes and the government's budget The 15 questions of lesson 36 «Taxes and the government's budget» of the money course of Mova's primary school with their options, 96 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t1/) — Your mate goes, "School's free, nobody pays for it, innit." What's the truth? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t2/) — Your cousin from Texas says, "Y'all don't pay for the doctor? That's wild, we got bills." ("Y'all" means you all.) What's true? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t3/) — A neighbour moans, "Took 'em 2 years to fix that pothole, proper useless." What might explain it? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t4/) — Dad buys a £10 toy and Jack goes, "VAT? Sounds sus." ("Sus" means dodgy.) What's the honest answer? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t5/) — What would happen if a government spent £100 every year but collected only £90? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t6/) — A Glaswegian granny says, "Cut the taxes? Aye, and who's payin' for ma hip at the hospital, hen?" ("Hen" means dear.) A shop owner says, "Lower tax, I could hire another worker." What's going on? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t7/) — Ella's mum earns £1,000 above the tax-free amount — sorry, £2,000. At £1 in every £5, how much tax? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t8/) — In a cartoon, a villain refuses to pay tax and the town gets new schools anyway. What's wrong? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t9/) — Your mate says, "Rich people pay the same tax as everyone, it's a flat 20 quid." What's closer to the truth? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t10/) — Leo's mate says, "A trillion is just a million with extra zeros, like 10 million." What is 1 trillion? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/t11/) — The council has £7,500 for potholes this year. Each fix costs £75. A Gen Z neighbour says, "So like, how many is that, it's giving not enough." ("It's giving" means it looks like.) How many can be fixed? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/e1/) — It is given that the cost of educating one pupil is £7,000 per annum. Determine the cost of educating a class of thirty pupils. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/e2/) — Ascertain the income tax payable at a rate of one pound in every five upon earnings of £1,000 in excess of the tax-free allowance. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a budget deficit? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning public opinion upon the level of taxation. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [35. Unemployment: when jobs are lost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost/) - next →: [37. 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