Levying of Taxes or Taxation

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Levying of Taxes or Taxation: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as savings, income tax, pan, levying of taxes or taxation, and computation of income tax.

Important Questions on Levying of Taxes or Taxation

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_____ can be one of the approach used to tax online transactions.

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___________ is often used to raise revenue for a country and/or to protect domestic products.

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Consider the following statements and identify the right ones:
i. The 14th finance commission is headed by C. Rangarajan.
ii. The recommendations of the commission will come into effect from April 1, 2015.

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Consider the following statements and identify the right ones:
i. Wealth tax is collected from productive as well as unproductive assets.
ii. Estate duty was a type of inheritance tax of large estates.

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Which of the following is a union tax?

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Which of the following bank got authorisation for collection of direct and indirect taxes by the Reserve Bank of India?
 

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Mr. Harris is a retired Judge is 66 years old. He gets pension of 21100 per month and earns 450000 annually from other source. He contributes 3000 per month towards P.P.F. and invests 60000 in National Saving certificate. He donates 20000 to a charitable trust (eligible for 50% deduction). Calculate the income tax he has to pay during the year. 

1. Exemption on saving: Saving up to 100000 in specified investments will be deducted from the income before tax is calculated.

2. Exemption on Donation: Deduction on income is allowed on certain specified donations. 

3. Rate of income tax:

Taxable income Rate
Up to 135000 Nil
More than 135000 to 150000 10%
More than 150000 to 250000 20%
More than 135000 30%

4. Education cess: 2% on tax payable

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The income statement of Ram is given below:

Basic pay 20000 per month
D.A. 5000 per month
C.C.A. 1000 per month
Special allowance 5000 per annum
Professional tax 4000 per annum
P.F. 5000 per month

 L.I.C polices worth 35000 is deposited per annum and national saving certificate for 5000.

1. Exemption on saving: Saving up to 100000 in specified investments will be deducted from the income before tax is calculated.

2. Exemption on Donation: Deduction on income is allowed on certain specified donations. 

3. Rate of income tax:

Taxable income Rate
Up to 100000 Nil
More than 100000 up to 150000 10%
More than 100000 up to 250000 20%
More than 250000 30%
Education tax 2% on the tax payable

Calculate the net tax payable.

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One of the example for indirect taxes is value added tax.

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For different types of investments, the maximum permissible amount under section 80C of income tax is 1,50,000.

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A person has earned his income during the financial year 2018-19. Then his assessment year is 

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The professional tax paid by the person is

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Mr Deshmukh whose age is 90 years and his annual income is 3,00,000. Calculate the income tax he needs to pay.

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Mr Mehta is 88 years of age is employed in a private company.His annual income was 9,50,000 rupees. If he does not have any savings, then how much tax in  does he has to pay?

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Mr.Ravi is 85 years of age. Last year her annual income was 11,50,000 rupees. How much tax does she has to pay?

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Mr Ahmed is 82 years of age is employed in a private company.His annual income was 8,00,000 rupees. He has contributed 1,20,000 to the Public Provident Fund and paid a premium of 85,000 for the year for Life Insurance Coorporation. How much tax in  does he has to pay?

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Mr Bhargav is 81 years of age. Last year his annual income was 12,00,000 rupees. He had invested the following amounts in different schemes:

(i) Insurance Premium: 90,000 (ii) Provident Fund: 25,000 (iii) Public Provident Fund: 15,000 

How much tax does he has to pay?

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Mr Bharath is 50 years of age is employed in a private company.His annual income was 4,50,000 rupees. If he does not have any savings, then how much tax in  does he has to pay?

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Mrs Hinduja is 40 years of age is employed in a private company.Her annual income was 8,00,000 rupees. She has contributed 1,00,000 to the Public Provident Fund and paid a premium of 80,000 for the year for health insurance. How much tax in  does she has to pay?

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Miss Shivya is 30 years of age. Last year her annual income was 11,00,000 rupees. How much tax does she has to pay?