The primary purpose of taxation (the revenue or fiscal purpose of taxation) on the part of the government is to provide funds or property with which to promote the general welfare and the protection of its citizens and to enable it to finance its multifarious activities. Taxation may also be employed for purposes of regulation or control (the non-revenue or regulatory purpose of taxation). Taxation is often employed as a devise for regulation by means of which certain effects or conditions envisioned by the government may be achieved.