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The department generates the highest tax revenue for the state government. [1] The core function of the department is two pronged: implementation of taxes on various commodities and services as laid out by various tax laws enacted by Government of India and the state government and to maximize the collection of taxes.
The existing general sales tax laws were replaced with the Value Added Tax Act (2005) and associated VAT rules. A few states ( Gujarat , Tamil Nadu , Rajasthan , Madhya Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand , Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh ) opted to stay out of VAT taxation system during the initial introduction of VAT but adopted it later.
Central Sales Tax, 1956, which imposes sales tax on goods sold in inter-state trade or commerce in Indisale of property situated within the state [18] In the 2016 Union budget of India, an excise of duty of 1% without input tax credit and 12.5% with input tax credit was imposed on articles of jewellery with the exception of silver jewellery. [19]
The Tamil Nadu Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation Act, 1939; The Tamil Nadu Sales Tax (Settlement of Arrears) Act, 2008; The Tamil Nadu Sales Tax (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 2002; The Tamil Nadu Sales Tax (Surcharge) Act, 1971; The Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Entertainments Tax and Luxury Tax (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1999
The tax rates, rules and regulations are governed by the GST Council which consists of the finance ministers of the central government and all the states. The GST is meant to replace a slew of indirect taxes with a federated tax and is therefore expected to reshape the country's $3.5 trillion economy, but its implementation has received criticism.
The department was reconstituted by the Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Act, 1894. [2] It was adopted by the Madras State post Indian Independence as a part of the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949. [3] It was renamed in 1980 by the Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Abolition Act, 1980. [4]
For example, sales returns and allowance and sales discounts are contra revenues with respect to sales, as the balance of each contra (a debit) is the opposite of sales (a credit). To understand the actual value of sales, one must net the contras against sales, which gives rise to the term net sales (meaning net of the contras). [34]
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a national sales tax introduced in 1991 at a rate of 7%, later reduced to 5%. A Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) that combines the GST and provincial sales tax, is collected in New Brunswick (15%), Newfoundland (15%), Nova Scotia (15%), Ontario (13%) and Prince Edward Island (15%), while British Columbia had a 12% HST ...