Consumer Studies Grade 12 · NSC September 2025 (Eastern Cape) · Question 1.2.1
Choose the description from COLUMN B that matches the type of tax: Environmental levy. (COLUMN B: A annual tax charged for maintaining roads; B includes a levy payable to the Road Accident Fund; C added to the selling price of specified goods and services; D charged on electricity generated by using coal; E charged when property is purchased; F payable on property after a citizen's death; G tax based on irregular income; H tax levied to fund tourism.)
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Question 1.2.1 of Consumer Studies Grade 12, NSC Preparatory Examination (Eastern Cape DoE, September 2025). It tests the Term 1 ATP topic The consumer: consumer protection.
- TermTerm 1
- ATP topicThe consumer: consumer protection
- PaperNSC September 2025 (Eastern Cape)
- Marks1 mark
Picture: a garment

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1 markD: Charged on electricity generated by using coal
This describes environmental levy.
Study this in your textbook: CAPS Annual Teaching Plan, Grade 12, Term 1: Food and Nutrition and the Consumer.
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