2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/208515In this work we use an inelastic scattering process of particles to propose a model able to reproduce the salient features of the wealth distribution in an economy by including taxes to each trading process and redistributing that collected among the population according to a given criterion. Additionally, we show that different optimal levels of taxes may exist depending on the redistribution criterion.7 pages, 7 figuresGeneral FinancePhysics and Societytext