Administration of Sales Tax (Hardcover)  | Released: 1988

Sales tax plays a predominant role in exchequer of the states. More than 60 per cent of state taxes revenue derive from it. Administratively, it faces many problems such as rate differentiation, tax evasion, delay in disposal etc. The book contains a complete exhaustive structure of sales tax Department of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and U.P. and also explores the idea of Zonal Sales Tax Administration. Some useful suggestions such as Vigilance Committee, Lok Adalats, Advisory Committee, Training Programmes etc. have been made to simplify the sales tax structure and to reduce the burden on administrative authorities and traders. This book would be useful not only for students of taxation but also for those engaged in tax planning, formulation, implementation. This is a pioneering study and the suggestions made here will help introduce a greater element of rationality in the area of Sales Taxation. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Financial dependence of states on Sales Tax; 3. Rate structure of Sales Tax; 4. Organisation of Sales Tax; 5. Operational analysis of Sales Tax; 6. Incidence of Sales Tax; 7. Summary of findings and suggestions; Appendices; Bibliography