• Introduction to Indirect Taxes
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Basic Features of Indirect Taxes
✔ Advantages/Merits of Indirect Taxes
✔ Disadvantages/Demerits of Indirect Taxes
✔ Indirect Tax System in India
✔ Indirect Taxes in Post Reforms
✔ Service Tax
✔ Customs Duty
✔ What is the difference between Direct Tax and Indirect Tax?
✔ Indian Taxation Structure
✔ Double Tax Avoidance Treaty
✔ Summary
✔ Keywords
✔ Review Questions
✔ Further Readings
• Central Excise Duty
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Definition and Concepts of Central Excise Duty
✔ Factory
✔ Goods
✔ Manufacture or Production
✔ Manufacturer
✔ Excise Ability and Manufacture
✔ Procedure for Central Excise Registration and grant of Registration Certificate
✔ Summary
✔ Keywords
✔ Review Questions
✔ Further Readings
• Classification and Valuation of Excisable Goods
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Classification of Excisable Goods
✔ Scheme of Classification
✔ Broad Grouping in CETA
✔ Trade Parlance Theory
✔ Valuation of Excisable Goods
✔ Valuation under Central Excise
• Various Authorities under Excise Law
✔ Introduction
✔ Authorities under Excise Law
✔ SECTION 35A. Procedure in Appeal
✔ SECTION 35B. Appeals to the Appellate Tribunal
✔ SECTION 35C. Orders of Appellate Tribunal
✔ SECTION 35D. Procedure of Appellate Tribunal
✔ SECTION 35E. Powers of Committee of Chief Commissioners of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise to pass certain orders
✔ SECTION 35EE. Revision by Central Government
✔ SECTION 35F. Deposit, pending appeal, of duty demanded or penalty levied
✔ SECTION 35FF. Interest on delayed refund of amount deposited under the provision to Section 35F
✔ SECTION 35G. Appeal to High Court
✔ SECTION 35H. Application to High Court
✔ SECTION 35-I. Power of High Court or Supreme Court to require statement to be amended
✔ SECTION 35J. Case before High Court to be heard by not less than two judges
✔ SECTION 35K. Decision of High Court or Supreme Court on the case stated
✔ SECTION 35L. Appeal to the Supreme Court
✔ SECTION 35M. Hearing before Supreme Court.
✔ SECTION 35N. Sums due to be paid notwithstanding reference, etc.
✔ SECTION 35-O. Exclusion of time taken for copy
✔ SECTION 35P. Transfer of certain pending proceedings and transitional provisions
✔ SECTION 35Q. Appearance by authorised representative
✔ SECTION 35R. Appeal not to be filed in certain cases
• Clearances of Excisable Goods
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Rules for clearance or removal of goods under Central Excise Rules
✔ Conditions and Limitations
✔ Sealing of goods and examination at place of dispatch
✔ Dispatch of goods by self-sealing and self-certification
✔ Examination of goods at the place of export
✔ Procedure for Export to all countries (except Nepal and Bhutan) without Payment of Duty
✔ Remission of duty on goods used for special Industrial purposes
✔ Determination of Value
✔ CENVAT
• Service Tax
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Section 65A
✔ Director General (Service Tax)
✔ Existing scheme for levy, assessment and collection of Service Tax in India
✔ Legal Provisions
✔ Administrative Mechanism
✔ Rectification of Mistake
✔ Challenges before the Service Tax Administration in India
✔ Electronic Tax Administration
✔ Provisions of Input Tax Credit
✔ Procedure for Service Tax Registration
✔ Computation of Service Tax
✔ Audit and Inspections
• Collection and Recovery of Service Tax and Assessment Procedure
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Levy and Assessment
✔ Legal Provisions
✔ Administrative Mechanism
✔ Non-recovery of Service Tax in certain situations
✔ Recovery of Service Tax
✔ Assessment Procedure of Service Tax in India
• Custom Duties
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Types of Duties
✔ Acts under the custom duty
✔ Rules and Regulations
✔ Restriction on Import and Export of Goods
✔ Illegal Imports and Illegal Exports
✔ Date of Determination of Duty and Tariff Valuations of Imported Goods
✔ Levy of Custom Duties
✔ Collection and Exemption from Custom Duties
• Valuation of Custom Goods
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Rules of the Agreement on Customs Valuation
✔ Main Standard: Transaction Value
✔ Five Other Standards
✔ Developing Countries and the Agreement
✔ Valuation of Goods
✔ Valuation Rules for Imported Good
• Clearance Procedure of Imported and Exported Goods
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Procedure for Clearance of Imported Goods
✔ Clearance Procedure of Exported Goods
• Warehousing and Duty Drawback
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Appointment and Registration of Warehouses
✔ Receipt of Goods at Warehouse
✔ Special Provisions with Respect to Goods Processed and Manufactured in Refineries
✔ Payment of Rent and Warehouse Dues
✔ Place of Registration of Warehouse
✔ Failure to Receive a Warehousing Certificate
✔ Duty Drawback
✔ How to Obtain Drawback?
✔ Payment of Drawback Claims
✔ Duty Drawback Under Section 19 BIS
• Central Sales Tax
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Important Features of the Act
✔ Important Definitions
✔ In the Course of Inter-state Trade
✔ Occasions Movement of Goods Section 3(a)
✔ Sale by Transfer of Documents Section 3(b)
✔ Sale or Purchase of Goods Outside a State
✔ Inter-state Sales Tax
✔ Intra-state Sales Tax
✔ Importance of VAT in India
✔ Sale or Purchase of Goods in the Course of Import and Export – Section 5
✔ Export of Goods out of India – Section 5(1)
✔ Deemed Exports Section 5(5)
✔ Liability to Tax on Inter-state Sales
✔ Rates of Tax
✔ Determination of Turnover
✔ Collection of Tax Section 9(A)
✔ Registration of Dealers
✔ Amendment of Certificate of Registration
✔ Cancellation of Certificate of Registration
✔ Procedures under CST Act
✔ Forms for Declarations
• Registration of Dealers
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Registration of Dealers
✔ Classification and Value
✔ Procedure of Assessment
✔ Types of Income Tax Return
✔ Types of Assessment
✔ Self Assessment U/S 140A
✔ Scrutiny Assessment U/S 143(3)
✔ Best Judgement Assessment U/S 144
✔ Income Escaping Assessment U/S 147
• Value Added Tax
✔ Objectives Introduction
✔ Value Added Tax (VAT)
✔ Difference between VAT and CST
✔ Features of Value Added Tax
✔ Main Features of VAT
✔ Computation of VAT
✔ VAT Rates
✔ Importance of VAT
✔ Advantages and Disadvantages of VAT
✔ Items covered under VAT
✔ Salient Features of VAT
✔ Methods of Collecting and Charging the VAT
✔ Levies of Tax under the VAT
✔ Who is the Dealer?