Income Tax is a tax you pay on your earnings
- What is the purpose of a tax?
Why do we pay tax and what does it pay for?
WHY PAY TAX? Governments need to fund the services they provide to the community, such as education, health, defense, and infrastructure such as roads. To do this they must collect money, which is called revenue, through the tax system. Without taxes, the government would have no money to provide services.