Tax Burden and Tax Fairness
The graph shows the demand (D) and supply (S) in the market for sugar, where P represents the price for a pound of sugar and Q represents thousands of pounds sold.
Assume that P1=$2.75, P2=$3.05, P3=$5.00, Q1=15, and Q2=46. Suppose the government decides to levy a tax on sugar that shifts the supply curve to S
tax. What is the per-unit tax? What is the tax incidence for consumers? For producers?
◦ $2.25, $0.30, $1.95
◦ $5.00, $5.00, $2.75
◦ $5.00, $2.75, $5.00
◦ $2.25, $1.95, $0.30