Taxes are divided into direct taxes and indirect taxes. As we all know, indirect taxes, such as value-added tax and business tax, are generally included in the price of goods, which are paid by merchants, but in fact, they are all borne by consumers. The most intuitive example is Apple products, an ipad, and the price in the United States, Hong Kong and Japan may not be much different (if the exchange rate issue is ignored), but in China, it is usually 611 to 711 yuan. Yes, Apple pays a penny. This six or seven hundred is VAT. China's tax is very heavy, and the tax contained in goods is 4.17 times that of the United States, 3.76 times that of Japan and 2.33 times that of EU-15. Recently, the tax in gasoline has risen again. Some media have investigated that the proportion of tax in our oil price has ranked among the top in the world. Let's talk about eating specifically. First of all, there is no agricultural tax. Some primary processing of agricultural products, such as hulling rice with shells, is tax-free, but chemical fertilizers include taxes, pesticides include taxes, and other agricultural fertilizer services generally include taxes, and there are many taxes on transportation, not to mention gasoline and diesel, as well as expressway and automobile links. The purchase tax on automobiles is really outrageous. Someone has counted how much tax a steamed bread has to pay before. According to the statistics, there are dozens of taxes and fees, including business tax, urban construction tax, education surcharge, local education surcharge and personal income tax. If you drink and drink with meals, the tax rate will be higher. There are also most regular vegetable markets that charge booth fees, and some markets in this fee have to pay taxes. In short, everything can't be separated from taxes. In fact, there is a more intuitive example, that is, China's fiscal revenue is faster than GDP growth all the year round, which shows that we are actually paying more and more taxes.