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# Evaluate the likely microeconomic effects of such a tax
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- Author: Jaisul Naik
- Tags: Edexcel 25 Mark Question

## Edexcel A-Level Economics 25 Mark Question

In 2015 a report by Public Health England recommended the imposition of a 20% tax on the sale of soft drinks that contain high levels of sugar. **Evaluate the likely microeconomic effects of such a tax**.(June 2017)

**Plan**

- **Paragraph 1**
  - **Argument: another effect of a sugar tax is that market failure is solved; previous negative externalities in consumption**
  - **Diagram: negative consumption externalities diagram**
  - **Evaluation: government failure**
- **Paragraph 2**
  - **Argument: one effect of a sugar tax is an increase in price for sugary drinks**
  - **Diagram: indirect tax diagram**
  - **Evaluation: tax revenue and question how it is used**

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