Abstract

While direct taxes are levied on taxable income earned by individuals and corporate entities, the burden to deposit taxes is on the assesses themselves. On the other hand, indirect taxes are levied on the sale and provision of goods and services respectively and the burden to collect and deposit taxes is on the sellers instead of the assesses directly. The GST Act came into existence, leading to the realization of “One country, one tax”. It is a centralized tax- paying network which simplifies payment of tax by the citizens as well as revenue collection by the government. It widens the tax base. Introduction of GST aims to alleviate, though not all, many of the problems leading to efficiency in operations for individuals leading to economic growth of the country. A direct tax is a tax that a person or organization pays directly to the entity that imposed it. An individual taxpayer, for example, pays direct taxes to the government for various purposes, including income tax, real property tax, personal property tax, or taxes on assets. An Income Tax Return (ITR) is a document you file with the Internal Revenue Service or the state tax board reporting your income, profits and losses of your business and other deductions as well as details about your tax refund or tax liability. Taxable income is the portion of a person's or company's gross income that the government deems subject to taxes. The computation of taxable income is done adding all the incomes that an individual can get (Income from salary, house property, capital gains, business/profession and other sources) and subtracting the deductions from it will give us the net taxable income. Keywords – TAXATION, GST, DIRECT TAXES, INDIRECT TAX, TAX COMPLIANCE, CAPITAL GAINS

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