Question

which of the following was central government indirect tax prior to gst
a) custom duty
b) Excise duty
c) service tax
d) purchase tax​

Answer 1

Answer:

custom duty

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Explanation:

In India, a consumer earlier paid several indirect taxes including sales tax, services tax, central excise duty, additional customs duty, state-level value added tax and octroi tax, among others. ... Now, all these taxes are paid as one tax called the GST.

Before advent of GST, the most important sources of indirect tax revenue for the Union were customs duty (entry 83 of Union List), central excise duty (entry 84 of Union List), and service tax (entry 97 of Union List). ... CST was also an important source of revenue though the same was levied by the Union.