UPSC Economics Business and Foreign Trade / व्यापार और विदेश व्यापार Question Bank Fiscal and Monetary Policy

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          Which one of the following is the correct statement? Service tax is a/an:

    A) direct tax levied by the Central Government.

    B) indirect tax levied by the Central Government.

    C) direct tax levied by the State Government.

    D) indirect tax levied by the State Government.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    All taxes which are the personal liability of an assesse come under direct taxes. They include income tax, professional tax, wealth tax, securities transaction tax, commodity transaction tax and the like. On the other hand, the taxes which a person can recover from some other person but the liability of which remains of the person collecting such taxes are indirect taxes. These are custom duty, excise, service tax, vat, CST and the like


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