Glossary Terms

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Dec'17

Presumptive taxation

Presumptive taxation involves the use of indirect methods to calculate tax liability, which differ from the usual rules based on …

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Dec'17

Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)

TDS is a tax administration mechanism. TDS requires the income earners to pay the tax at the spot of income …

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Input tax credit

Input tax credit means that when a manufacturer pays the tax on his output, he can deduct the tax he …

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Dec'17

Cost-cascading effect of a tax

Cost cascading effect refers to the burden of tax on tax. The cost cascading effect happens when one tax is …

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Dec'17

Peak Customs Duty

The Peak customs duty is the highest general rate applicable to majority of imports. It is estimated with reference to …

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Dec'17

State sales tax

Tax on the sale of a commodity is called sales tax and it was imposed by the state which is …

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Dec'17

Goods and Services Tax

GST is a unified tax that merges the important indirect taxes under a single tax structure. Around 12 taxes including …

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Dec'17

Personal Income Tax

Income-tax (or often called personal income tax) is a tax of Central Government which is collected by taxing income earned …

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Dec'17

Minimum Alternative Tax

The Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) is imposed on book profit of companies who record nil or negligible profit to pay …

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Dec'17

Capital gains tax

Capital gains tax is the tax imposed on the increased value of an asset. For example, if shares are brought …

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