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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Administrative feasibility is the canon that a tax, policy, or law must be capable of being implemented and enforced effectively, conveniently, and at reasonable cost.
- How does administrative feasibility relate to Adam Smith's canons of taxation?
- Why does administrative feasibility matter in the GS Paper IV ethics context?
- Give an Indian example where administrative feasibility justified a reform.?
- Can a policy be efficient and equitable yet still fail on administrative feasibility?

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Administrative feasibility is the canon that a tax, policy, or law must be capable of being implemented and enforced effectively, conveniently, and at reasonable cost.

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In 2015, India's NDA government abolished the wealth tax, replacing it with a surcharge on the super-rich, explicitly because the wealth tax's high collection cost and meagre yield made it administratively infeasible.

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