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Income Sales Tax
Income Sales Tax
Income Sales Tax
some deductions permitted), while corporate income taxes often tax net
income (the difference between gross receipts, expenses, and additional
write-offs).
Various systems define income differently, and often allow notional reductions
Types
Personal
Corporate
Payroll
Inheritance
Capital gains tax
payroll taxes.
Employee payroll tax:
Employee payroll taxes are taxes which employers are required to withhold from
employees' pay, also known as withholding, pay-as-you-earn(PAYE) or pay-as-yougo(PAYG) tax.
These withholdings contribute to the payment of an employee's personal income tax
obligation;
if the payments exceed this obligation, the employee may be eligible for a tax-refund
or carry forward to future periods.
Employer payroll taxes:
Employer payroll taxes are paid from the employer's own funds, either as a fixed
charge per employee or as a percentage of each employee's pay.
Payroll taxes often cover government social insurance programs, such as social
security, health care, unemployment and disability.
These payments do not count toward the income taxes of employees and employers,
but are normally deductible by the employer as a business expense.
Inheritance Tax
The inheritance tax, estate tax and death
Sales Tax
A sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of
Excise Duty
Central Excise duty is an indirect tax levied on those goods
Custom Duties
The Customs Act was formulated in 1962 to prevent illegal imports
Types of custom
duties
Basic Duty:
This is the basic duty levied under the Customs Act. The rate varies for
different items from 5% to 40%.
Additional Duty (Countervailing Duty) (CVD):
This additional duty is levied under section 3 (1) of the Custom Tariff Act and
is equal to excise duty levied on a like product manufactured or produced in
India.
If a like product is not manufactured or produced in India, the excise duty that
would be leviable on that product had it been manufactured or produced in
India is the duty payable.
Additional Duty to compensate duty on inputs used by Indian manufacturers.
This Additional Duty is levied under section 3(3) of the Customs Act. It can be
charged on all goods by the central government to counter balance excise
duty leviable to raw materials, components and other inputs similar to those
used in the production of such good.
goods are imported by illegal means and CD is not paid then these
goods are called smuggled goods and liable for prosecution.
Only permitted goods can be imported into the country. There are
restrictions on quantity and value also so that foreign countries should
not dump their cheaper goods here and create unhealthy competition to
local manufacturers.
Excise duty is levied on goods manufactured in India. It is levied when
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