Why governments tax

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1. Public finance and taxation
2. Sources of public finance
3. Public spending and the budget cycle
4. Why governments tax
5. The principles of a good tax
6. Direct taxes in Kenya
7. Indirect taxes and how VAT works
8. Exempt, zero rated, and who is relieved from tax
9. Who really carries the tax
10. Tax compliance, customs duties, and the ethics of tax
11. Types of customs duty
12. Trends in taxation, and writing about them