Two type of taxes.
Indirect tax
is paid by rich and poor alike, on the purchase of goods and services. Sale tax, excise duty, custom duty, entertainment tax and examples of indirect tax.
Direct tax
Is paid by middle class and rich men on their income and property. Income tax, corporate tax, Wealth tax, capital gains tax, are examples of direct tax.
Direct taxes collected by the income tax department.
Direct taxes collected by the income tax department.
What is capital gains tax?
First, What is capital?
- Capital is something that generates income for you. It can be a building, it can be a rickshaw, it can be a truck, it can be printing press machinery.
- When you sell these capital assets, and IF you make profit (gain), then you have to pay tax. This tax is known as capital gains tax.