What is tax and why do you have to pay it?
It’s the Government’s way of raising money to pay for all the country’s essential services. When you pay tax, it’s your contribution to keeping the country running.
Q. What sort of things do you think the money is used for?
A. Schools, hospitals, emergency services, the armed forces, public transport, and so on
Q. Do you have any idea how much money the Government spends every year?
A. All those free services that we use don’t come cheap – every year the Government spends about £400 billion pounds on them.
