Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Excise tax
The correct answer is an Excise tax. - Tax can be divided into two categories.
- First is Direct Tax such as Income tax, wealth tax, and corporation tax.
- The second is Indirect Tax such as Sales tax, Excise duty, and customs duty.
- Indirect tax means that tax that reaches the government indirectly.
- Such tax is completely opposite to direct tax.
- The tax levied by the state on consumption, import, export, and production, etc. is an indirect tax.
- Excise Duty is a type of Indirect Tax which is imposed on all production or manufacturing of goods.
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Shri J B Mohapatra as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
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