Sanjiv Is an Accountant

Multiple Choice

Sanjiv is an accountant.Although he recognizes the need for the government to have money for the purposes of funding social programs and whatnot, he is strongly opposed, as a matter of principle, to excise taxes.That most likely means that Sanjiv

A) objects to payroll taxes.
B) believes that he should not have to pay a consumption tax on non-essential goods.
C) does not think that he should have to pay taxes on money that he earned outside of Canada.
D) is offended that the government taxes the proceeds realized from the sale of assets at a price above their cost.
E) objects to the payment of "sin taxes" on alcohol and tobacco-the word "excise" is derived from the Latin phrase ex id salus, which means "outside that safety."