Tax system in India

A. There are two types of taxes in our country:

• Direct
• Indirect

B. Largest source of income for government is from Corporation tax.

C. GST (Goods and services tax) subsumed all indirect taxes except alcohol, real estate and petroleum taxes. 

D. GST was implemented from July 1st, 2017.

E. Shortcut to remember types of tax

INDIRECT TAX

“Excuse me”

ex—Excise Duty
cu—-custom duty
se—-service tax
me—-market tax(VAT)

DIRECT TAX

“WePro.co.in”

We—Wealth Tax
Pro—-Property Tax
Co—–Corporate Tax
In——Income Tax

Note:-

• Wealth tax is abolished.
• All Indirect taxes are subsumed in GST. 

About GST:-

1) GST was implemented on 1st of July, 2017. 

2)  It was introduced as The Constitution 101st (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act 2017, following the passage of Constitution 122nd Amendment Bill. 

3) The GST is governed a GST Council and its Chairman is the Finance Minister of India.

4) Under GST, goods and services are taxed at the following rates, 0%, 5%, 12% ,18% and 28%. There is a special rate of 0.25% on rough precious and semi-precious stones and 3% on gold.

5)  India adopted a dual GST model, meaning that taxation is administered both the Union and State Governments. 

6) Transactions made within a single state are levied with Central GST (CGST) the Central Government and State GST (SGST) the government of that state. For inter-state transactions and imported goods or services, an Integrated GST (IGST) is levied the Central Government.

7) Alcohol tax, Real estate tax and petroleum tax are kept out of GST. 

8) First country to implement GST in World: France