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If you have not known what direct taxes are,I suggest you to see this page. However I am going to give you certain information about direct taxes here.


Direct tax is paid by a person on whom it is legally imposed. Thus the person paying and bearing tax is same. Examples:

  •  Income tax
  • Property Tax
  • Vehicle Tax
  • Interest Tax
  • Expenditure Tax
  • Death Tax
  • Gift Tax
  • Casual Gain Tax

Merits of Direct Tax

  • equitable as it is imposed on person as per property or income
  • time, procedure and amount of tax to be paid is known with certainty
  • elastic as the government can change tax rate with change of the level of property or income
  • enhances the consciousness of citizens
    • taxpayers feel burden of tax
    • government is insisted to spend the contributions of people for development

Demerits of Direct Tax:

  • gives mental pinch to taxpayers coz they have to curtail their income to pay to the government.
  • taxpayers feelincoveniences as the government imposes tax progressively
  • expensive for government to collect tax individually

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