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Excise has existed in English since the late 15th century and was borrowed from Middle Dutch echijns and excijs, meaning 'excise on wine or beer', which was apparently altered from earlier (13th century) assise, assijs, which meant simply a tax on consumption and is related to Medieval Latin accisia, assisia, assisa 'tax, excise duty'. The ...
The Excise policy 2021–22 created by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), projected it as a reform in the excise and retail liquor sector, thereby boosting the revenue by Rs 9,500 crores. This policy mainly focused on moving out the retail sector, and making way to large private sectors and firms.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), formerly the Central Board of Excise and Customs, is a statutory body under the Department of Revenue, Government of India. It oversees the administration of indirect taxes , including customs duties, excise duties, and the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The tax policy is not limited to raising of revenue. As a part of the overall policy of the Government of India, the tax policy also serves as a tool to address several other objectives in the process of development of the country. These objectives may include providing for incentives and disincentives in the target areas/segments of the economy.
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 government had earlier proposed an excise duty in the Budget 2011–12, which had to be rolled back after massive protests by jewellers. [20]
The term indirect tax has a different meaning in the context of American Constitutional law: see direct tax and excise tax in the United States. In the United States, the federal income tax has been, since its inception on 1 July 1862, [16] an indirect tax [17] (more specifically an excise [18] [19]).
A Finance Act is the fiscal legislation enacted by the Indian Parliament to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government.It is enacted once a year and contains provisions relating to income taxes, customs, excise, Central and Integrated GST and other cess, exemptions, and reliefs.
Excise taxes for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) raised $16.3 billion in fiscal year 2015. $11.3 billion was an excise tax placed directly on health insurers based on their market share. The ACA was going to impose a 40% " Cadillac tax " on expensive Employer-sponsored health insurance , but that was postponed until 2018, and later further ...