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