The statutory incidence of the tax means who:

A. is legally obligated to pay the tax to the government.
B. actually loses surplus as a result of the tax.
C. bears the burden of any sort of tax.
D. gains surplus as a result of the government redistributing tax revenue.


A. is legally obligated to pay the tax to the government.

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