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Some people feel that governments should take a large proportion of people's salaries to pay for necessary public services such as roads and schools. Others feel high taxes are a bad thing. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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Some people claim that
governments
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 need to increase direct
taxes
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 to spend on
infrastructures
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infrastructure
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 and educational
services
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,
while
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 others disagree with high
taxes
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. I believe that a high level of
taxations
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taxation
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 could create more social equality. On the one hand, critics have some clear arguments against heavy
taxes
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. Taking a large amount of wages may lead to
loss
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a loss
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 of incentive for
hard-working
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hard work
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.
That is
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, Workers might think the money they have worked hard for is being spent on intangible goals,
instead
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 of being spent on betterment of the quality of their lives. On top of that,
dissatisfying
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from
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with
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 the high
tax
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 may lead to
tax
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 avoidance paying
taxes
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.
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, some try to minimize their
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 payments by some strategies
such
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 as using accounting loopholes.
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, despite the above-mentioned arguments, I advocate that taxing
in
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high
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a high
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 rate by
governments
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 could result in social equality. It means high
taxes
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 will help
governments
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 to ensure that public places are of the highest standards; the places that all members of a society, the poor and the wealthy, can benefit from them. If
taxes
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 are too low, the quality of public
services
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 will decline and eventually, the only individuals who can manage are the rich.
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, the more salary people are being paid, the
high
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higher
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amount
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the amount
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 of
tax
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 they are being taken. So the wealthiest in society shoulder the biggest burden of
tax
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 payments for improving public
services
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 to be good for everyone, even the disadvantaged. In conclusion, I believe that
governments
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 cannot guarantee
high quality
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high-quality
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of
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apply
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public
services
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 and social equality without taking a large part of salaries.

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Structure your answers in logical paragraphs

The easiest way to score well on the IELTS Task 2 writing portion is to structure your writing in a solid essay format.

A strong argument essay structure can be split up into 4 paragraphs, each containing 4 sentences (except the conclusion paragraph, which only contains 3 sentences).

Stick to this essay structure:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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