Edexcel · 4EC1

Taxation

32questions
138marks
11series
2019–2025years

Taxation comes up in 32 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 138 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1R, iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.

Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (7), Assess (6), Explain (4). Specification points covered: 1.2.6, 2.1.2.

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June 2025 4 questions

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(d) Give the meaning of an indirect tax.

2.1.2TaxationDefineShort answer
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(e) Data response: do income tax cuts pull more Italians into employment?

2.1.2TaxationAssessData response essay
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(a) Multiple choice on how the share of income paid in tax behaves under a progressive system.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(d) Give the meaning of a direct tax.

2.1.2TaxationDefineShort answer

Nov 2024 2 questions

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(c) Give the likely effect on productivity of a change in business taxes - Italy case.

2.1.2TaxationExplainShort answer
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(e) Data response: how dependable income tax is as government revenue - Australia case.

2.1.2TaxationAssessData response essay

June 2024 3 questions

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(e) Work out total direct tax revenue in GBPbn for February 2023 from the receipts table.

2.1.2TaxationCalculateShort answer
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(e) Give one route by which progressive taxation cuts poverty - the US case.

2.1.2TaxationExplainShort answer
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(e) Work out total indirect tax revenue in GBPbn for February 2023 from the receipts table.

2.1.2TaxationCalculateShort answer

Nov 2023 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(a) Multiple choice on what characterises a progressive tax.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(g) Data response: what higher business taxes cost UK investment.

2.1.2TaxationAssessData response essay

Jan 2023 4 questions

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(e) Work out net pay after income tax from the figures given.

2.1.2TaxationCalculateShort answer
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(c) Give one effect of rising unemployment on UK tax revenue.

2.1.2TaxationExplainShort answer
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(e) Data response: whether tax cuts are a good route to lower unemployment - Spain case.

2.1.2TaxationAssessData response essay
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(b) Multiple choice picking the UK progressive tax.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

June 2022 3 questions

6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(h) Data response: indirect tax cuts and UK living standards.

2.1.2TaxationAnalyseData response essay
6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q4(b) Data response: what falling unemployment does to tax revenues - Vietnam case.

2.1.2TaxationAnalyseData response essay
12 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q4(c) Data response: weigh up fuel taxes as environmental protection - Vietnam case.

2.1.2TaxationEvaluateData response essay

Nov 2021 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(a) Multiple choice working total direct tax revenue from the figures given.

2.1.2TaxationCalculate (MCQ)Multiple choice
6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(d) Data response: taxation as an environmental safeguard, UK case.

2.1.2TaxationAnalyseData response essay

June 2021 2 questions

9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(g) Data response: taxation as a tool for protecting the environment.

2.1.2TaxationAssessData response essay
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(a) Multiple choice working total indirect tax revenue from the figures given.

2.1.2TaxationCalculate (MCQ)Multiple choice

Nov 2020 3 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(b) Multiple choice naming the tax that takes a rising share as income grows.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(e) Work out net pay in euros after deductions.

2.1.2TaxationCalculateShort answer
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(e) Give one effect of falling unemployment on tax revenue.

2.1.2TaxationExplainShort answer

Jan 2020 4 questions

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 1R

Q1(g) Diagram question: show what removing an indirect tax does to the sustainable fuel market.

1.2.6TaxationDraw/DiagramShort answer
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(a) Multiple choice naming the type of tax system shown.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(e) Data response: whether lower business taxes actually stimulate investment.

2.1.2TaxationAssessData response essay
6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(h) Data response: what cutting direct tax does to living standards - Vietnam case.

2.1.2TaxationAnalyseData response essay

June 2019 3 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(b) Multiple choice naming taxes levied on income, wealth and profit.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
12 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q4(c) Data response: whether more progressive taxation is the best route to less inequality and poverty.

2.1.2TaxationEvaluateData response essay
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q3(b) Multiple choice picking the indirect tax.

2.1.2TaxationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

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