The Confederation itself authorizes a
direct tax, to a certain extent, on the post office.
Representatives and
direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
In so opulent a nation as that of Britain, where
direct taxes from superior wealth must be much more tolerable, and, from the vigor of the government, much more practicable, than in America, far the greatest part of the national revenue is derived from taxes of the indirect kind, from imposts, and from excises.
"You know, Monsieur Jehan, that our fief of Tirecbappe, putting the
direct taxes and the rents of the nine and twenty houses in a block, yields only nine and thirty livres, eleven sous, six deniers, Parisian.
New Delhi:
Direct tax mop up grew 14.1 percent to Rs 8.74 lakh crore during April-December 2018, Finance Ministry said Monday.
The FBR collects both direct and indirect taxes while only 0.57% of people pay
direct taxes. Pakistan's 63% GDP depends on the indirect taxes while 33% depends on the
direct tax collection but to increase the growth of economy the government must increase the amount of
direct taxes.
Rs 944 billion constitute 70 percent of
direct tax collection.
Based on the ability-to-pay principle, a
direct tax is paid directly by an individual or organization to an imposing authority.
'Withholding tax (WHT) contributed a major chunk of around 67 per cent in gross
direct tax during 2016-17...
Thus, the word "exciseman" could refer to any assessor, even of a
direct tax. Oliver Ellsworth said that the Dutch "excised" even their "houses of infamy," although the Dutch tax was imposed on services rather than commodities, and technically was a non-excise duty.
Speaking on the resolution moved by PTI's Asad Umar, the members emphasized the need for broadening the
direct tax base and increasing tax to GDP ratio to achieve self reliance.