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Indicators of a good tax system include;Equity - Tax burden should be distributed among the tax payers according to their ability to payEconomy - Collection and administrative cost of the tax should not exceed tax revenue collectedFlexibility - Tax system should be capable of being revised or changed in line with the changing economic conditions.Diversity - Different types of tax so that tax burden is on different groups of the society.Elasticity - Tax revenue should be capable of responding appropriately to changes in national income.Simplicity - The tax system should be understood by tax payers and the collectors. This motivates them to pay tax.certain -The one expected to pay should be clearly aware of how much he/she is paying. The tax collector/government should also be aware of how much it is supposed to collect from tax.
Ways poverty undermined economic development in Tanzania since independence include;It has reduced the purchasing power of many people/unable to access goods/servicesIt has made it difficult for Tanzania to compete favourably with other countries.It has resulted to dependency on foreign aid /loansIt has made it difficult to fully exploit the resources/mineral/land.It has led to low infrastructure development/roads/railways.Led to slow industrial growth as people's purchasing power is low.
Economic importance of plant excretory products include;Tannis - Used in the treatment of leather; combines with animal protein to form a complex compound that is not easily broken down by animal proteases deposited on dead tissue of wood and barks of trees e.g Acacia, mangroove and wattle trees.Caffeine - Taken as a mild stimulant that increases mental activity and reduces fatigue found in coffee berries and tea leaves.Quinine - Used in the treatment of malaria. It is also found in the back of the cinchona tree and aloe vera leaves.Cocaine - Used as a local anaesthetic if taken in large quantities causes great physical and mental defect, addiction and heart disease. Found in leaves of cocoa plant.Cannabis - Extracted and used in the manufacture of drugs; stored in fruits, flowers and leaves of cannabis sativa.Nicotine - Used in the manufacture of insecticides and narcortic drugs; found in the leaves of tobacco plant.Rubber - Used in the shoe, tyre industry; obtained form latex of rubber plant.Gum Arabica - Used in food processing and printing industry; is an exudate from a variety of acacia trees.Colchicine - Used to induce polyploidism in plants and cancer therapy; it os an alkaloid derived from the plant used in genetics in plants and animal breeding researchPapain - Contains proteolytic substance used in the food industry as a meat tenderizer; It is an alkaloid obtained from raw pawpaw fruit skin.Khat - Is a mild stimulant used from medical purposes; obtained from catha edulis (miraa)Morphine - Used as a pain killer and anaesthesia to make patients sense dull and relax; obtained from poppy plant.Heroin - Induces drug dependence hence addictive; it is a drug obtained from morphine and uses as a narcotic.
Characteristics of economic resources include;Scarce in supply Have money valueUnevenly distributedHave utilityHave alternative usesCan change ownershipCan be combinedCan be complimentary
The main economic activity of the Cushites during the pre-colonial era was pastoralism/livestock keeping /herding livestock.