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by refurb 3522 days ago
Surprised you're getting downvoted.

It's true, if the gov't performs a service, it's included in GDP. And no, taxes don't increase GDP.

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The OECD defines GDP income method as "an aggregate measure of production equal to the sum of the gross values added of all resident and institutional units engaged in production (plus any taxes, and minus any subsidies, on products not included in the value of their outputs).”
I understand GDP as "taxable transactions".