User fees can be a toll paid on a road. Tax imposed is either on income or goods/services.Eg. sales tax.
User fee and taxes have different impacts:
User fees are paid by users and does not burden non user.Taxes if are indirect then are regressive in nature and affect poor more. User fees are kept minimum to avoid free rider problem. Taxes are imposed to increase govt. revenue.
Govt. revenue mainly comes mainly from taxes and not user fees. Tax imposed are generally for all. Fees may be limited to a certain location. User fees can be avoided by not availing a service but taxes are compulsory.( eg.income tax)
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