INDIAN GOODS AND
SERVICE TAX
 
1. Introduction
 
  - Introduction about
      Indirect Tax
- Constitutional Validity
      of Indirect Tax Laws.
- Indirect Tax Structure in
      India
 
2. The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956
 
  - Definitions of certain
      terms relating to CST
- Definitions of Sales and
      its Essentials.
- Relevant Provisions of
      Sales of Goods Act, 1930
- Taxability of a sale
- Transactions which are
      sale under the CST Act
- Transactions which are not
      sale under the CST Act
- Restrictions on
      Imposition of Tax on Sales by State
- Principles of Sales Tax
- Principles of State Sales
      Tax Laws
- Liability to Central
      Sales Tax
- Declared goods and their
      taxation
- Offences and Penalties
 
3. The Customs Act, 1962
 
  - Definitions of certain
      terms relating to the Custom Act
- Basic features of Custom
      Duty.
- Officers of Custom.
- Appointment of Custom
      Ports, Airports etc.
- Power to declare places
      of warehousing station.
- Appointment of Boarding
      Stations.
- Prohibitions on importation
      and exportation of goods
- Levy of, and exemption
      from custom duties
 
5. Value Added Tax (VAT)
 
  - Basic Concept of VAT
- Objectives of VAT
- Advantages of VAT
- Distinction between CST
      & VAT
- Appointment, Jurisdiction
      and Power of the Authority under the Chhattisgarh Value
- Added Tax Act, 2005
6. Concept of Service Tax
 
  - Background
- Basic Concepts of Service
      Tax
- Reason for Imposition of
      Service Tax
- Constitutional Validity
      of Service Tax
- Administrative Structure
      of Service Tax
- Charge of Service Tax
- Taxability of Services
      and Negative List of Services
7. Goods and Services Tax (GST)
 
  - Salient Features
- Objectives
- Advantages and
      disadvantages
- SGST and CGST