STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘tax’? |
(2) | Do you think paying tax is a good or bad thing? |
(3) | What would happen in your country if everyone stopped paying tax? |
(4) | Do you know what taxes are spent on in your country? |
(5) | Would you like to move to a country where there are no taxes? |
(6) | Is tax an important issue at election time? |
(7) | What do you think of sales / consumption tax put on the things you buy? |
(8) | Would you like to be able to choose how your taxes are spent? |
(9) | Would you look for ways to avoid paying tax? |
(10) | How do the tax rates in your country compare with those in neighbouring countries? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | Is everything taxed in your country? |
(2) | Do you agree with the 10-20% tax hotels and restaurants put on bills? |
(3) | What do you think of having to pay inheritance tax on the money left to you by people who have died? |
(4) | Would you pay higher taxes if you knew the tax revenue would go towards climate change projects or reducing world poverty, etc.? |
(5) | What changes would you like to see in your country’s tax system? |
(6) | Is tax evasion a big problem in your country? |
(7) | Should poor people be exempt from paying tax (i.e. they don’t have to pay)? |
(8) | What goods or services do you think should be taxed more heavily, and which should not be taxed at all? |
(9) | Do you think taxes will be different in the future? |
(10) | What taxes do you think are the most unfair? |