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THE PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM SOCIAL ADVANTAGE

                                 
   The ‘Principle of Maximum Social Advantage’ was introduced by British economist Hugh Dalton. According to Hugh Dalton, “Public Finance” is concerned with income & expenditure of public authorities and with the adjustment of one with the other. Budgetary activities of the government results in transfer of purchasing power from some individuals to others. Taxation causes transfer of purchasing power from tax payers to the public authorities, While public expenditure results in transfers back from the public authorities to some individuals, therefore financial operations of the government cause ‘Sacrifice or Disutility’ on one hand and ‘Benefits or Utility’ on the other.
 The principle of Maximum social Advantage states that public finance leads to economic welfare when public expenditure & taxation are carried out up to that point where the benefits derived from the Marginal Utility of expenditure is equal to the Marginal Disutility or the sacrifice imposed by taxation. Hugh Dalton explains the principle of maximum social advantage with reference to: A. Marginal social Sacrifice B. Marginal Social Benefits


   This principle is however based on the following assumptions:


   (i) All taxes result in sacrifice and all public expenditures lead to benefits.
   (ii) Public revenue consists of only taxes and no other sources of income to the government.
   (iii) The government has no surplus or deficit budget but only balanced budget.
   (iv) Public expenditure is subject to diminishing marginal social benefit and taxes are subject to increasing marginal social sacrifice.

    Marginal Social Sacrifice (MSS)
    Marginal social Sacrifice (MSS) refers to that amount of social sacrifice undergone by public due to the imposition of an additional unit of tax Every unit of tax imposed by the government taxes result in loss of utility. Dalton says that the additional burden (marginal sacrifice) resulting from additional units of taxation goes on increasing i.e. the total social sacrifice increases at an increasing rate. This is because, when taxes are imposed, the stock of money with the community diminishes. Every additional unit of taxation creates greater amount of impact and greater amount of sacrifice on the society. That is why the marginal social sacrifice goes on increasing.

 
                                                                                     
           The diagram indicates that the Marginal Social Sacrifice (MSS) curve rises upwards from left to right. This indicates that with each additional unit of taxation, the level of sacrifice also increases. When the unit of taxation was OM1, the marginal social sacrifice was OS1, and with the increase in taxation at OM2, the marginal social sacrifice rises to OS2.
           
            Marginal social Benefit (MSB) While imposition of tax puts burden on the people, public expenditure confers benefits. The benefit conferred on the society, by an additional unit of public expenditure is known as Marginal social benefit (MSB).
           Just as the marginal utility from a commodity to a consumer declines as more and more units of the commodity are made available to him, the social benefit from each additional unit of public expenditure declines as more and more units of public expenditure are spent. In the beginning, the units of public expenditure are spent on the most essential social activities. subsequent doses of public expenditure are spent on less and less important social activities. As a result, the curve of marginal social benefits slopes downward from left to right as shown in figure below.
 


In the  diagram, the marginal social benefit (MSB) curve slopes downward from left to right. This indicates that the social benefit derived out of public expenditure is reducing at a diminishing rate. When the public expenditure was OM1, the marginal social benefit was OB1, and when the public expenditure is OM2, the marginal social benefit is reduced at OB.
The Point of Maximum Social Advantage Social advantage is maximized at the point where marginal social sacrifice cuts the marginal social benefits curve. i.e. MSS and MSB are equal.



At point P social advantage is maximum. Now consider Point P1. at this point marginal social benefit is P1Q1. This is greater than marginal social sacrifice S1Q1. Since the marginal social sacrifice is lower than the marginal social benefit, it makes more sense to increase the level of taxation and public expenditure. This is due to the reason that additional unit of revenue raised. And spend by the government leads to increase in the net social advantage. This situation of increasing taxation and public expenditure continues, as long as the levels of taxation and expenditure are towards the left of the point P. At point P, the level of taxation and public expenditure moves up to OQ. At this point, the marginal utility or social benefit becomes equal to marginal disutility or social sacrifice. Therefore at this point, the maximum social advantage is achieved. At point P2, the marginal social sacrifice S2Q2 is greater than marginal social benefit P2Q2. Therefore, beyond the point P, any further increase in the level of taxation and public expenditure may bring down the social advantage. This is because; each subsequent unit of additional taxation will increase the marginal disutility or social sacrifice, which will be more than marginal utility or social benefit. This shows that maximum social advantage is attained only at point P & this is the point where marginal social benefit of public expenditure is equal to the marginal social sacrifice of taxation

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