the government gets taxes from the establishments who rendered services to the people by adding an extra percentage to avail the service or upon purchase of anything.
absolutely anything and everything! There is really no limits to what taxes can be created. All it requires is a little bit of ingenuity on their behalf to create a new one. Generally tax concessions...
Taxes pay for the operation of the government as well as public services such as schools, police, social services, roads, etc. Most governments in the US will at least show you the percentages of...
Also they go to fund things like welfare, social security, Medicaid... etc.... things that ultimately would probably be a lot cheaper for everyone if they were just abolished and we paid for it...