PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION INTRODUCTION DR ASHA R NAIR

PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION INTRODUCTION DR ASHA R NAIR I SEM B. COM TAX DEPT OF COMMERCE NSS COLLEGE PANDALAM

PUBLIC REVENUE Public revenue is the total earnings or income realised by the government for the purpose of financing public administration “the income of the government through all sources like taxes, borrowings, fees, donations etc is called public revenue or public income”

SOURCES OF PUBLIC REVENUE The main sources of public revenue can be classified into two: v. Tax revenue v. Non tax revenue

Tax is a compulsory extraction of money from the people by an authority, to be spend for the common benefit of the society Definition According to Bastable , “ a tax as a compulsory contribution of a wealth of a person or body of persons for the service of public power”

FEATURES OF TAX • Tax is a compulsory payment and hence refusal to pay tax is a punishable offence • There is no direct quid-pro-quo (something in return) between the tax payer and tax imposing authority. • Tax is a payment for an indirect service to be rented by the government to the community. • The amount of payment of tax are determined from time to time by the tax imposing authority.

CLASSIFICATION OF TAX DIRECT TAX INDIRECT TAX

DIRECT TAX When tax is levied on a person directly and he himself pays the amount to the authorities is called direct tax. In other words, there is no intermediary between the tax payer and the government in case of direct taxes. Eg: Income Tax , Wealth Tax

INDIRECT TAX Indirect tax is paid by the tax payer through an intermediary. In other words the government collects indirect taxes from people through the intermediaries like traders, service providers etc. Eg: Sales tax, Excise duty, customs duty

NON-TAX REVENUE Non-Tax Revenue COMMERCIAL REVENUUE/PR ICE FEES FINES AND PENALTY GIFTS AND GRANTS

COMMERCIAL REVENUE /PRICE : - Revenues which are derived by the government from public enterprises by selling their goods or commodities FEES : - Fees is charged for the consideration of services rented. Thus fees has quid-pro-quo and the amount of fee depends upon the cost of services rented. eg : license fee, registration fee

FINES AND PENALITY: - Fines and penalities are imposed as punishment for the violation of law or noncomplainance of rules and regulations GIFTS AND GRANTS : - Gifts are voluntary contribution from private individuals or non government donors to the government fund for special purpose Grant is a sum of money given as assistance by the government or other organisaton for a particular purpose

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