Which of the following statements are correct? The statutory or legal incidence of a tax determines who ultimately bears the burden of the tax. The government prefers levying excise taxes on the consumption of goods with a high elasticity of demand. O The degree to which the burden of a tax can be shifted depends on the price elasticities of demand and supply of the good or service in question

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