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Other Types of Tax

Apart from sales tax there are various other types of tax. It is useful if you also get to know about the various other types of tax schemes that have been framed by the government.

Taxation is one of the many means by which a government gets the monetary resources to fill the national exchequer. The government machinery needs finances, too. Taxes are the charges that the citizens pay a government.

The government maintains the entire public utility network of a particular country. Taxes are a vital source of earnings for the government.

In other words, a tax is the financial charge that we pay to the government. Taxes may be direct taxes like income tax and they may be indirect taxes like sales tax.

There are various other types of taxes like income tax, property tax, stamp duty, payroll tax and even death taxes, to mention a few of them. Oscar Wilde had mentioned once that in life nothing is certain except death and taxes! He couldn't have been more correct.

Different governments have different taxation systems. The taxation system in India is different from the taxation system in the United States. In India you have the Income Tax Department, while in Canada you have the Canada Revenue Agency, and in the United States you have the Internal Revenue Service or the IRS.

Payment of income tax is a must for each and every citizen of a country. Income tax evasion is an offense that is punishable by law. If you pay less tax, or fail to pay up your taxes on time then the penalty can include the payment of fines, as well as (in extreme cases) imprisonment.

One interesting tax we all have to pay is Inheritance Tax. This tax is payable when an individual dies, leaving behind an inheritance. In the United States, an estate tax is not the same as an inheritance tax. In inheritance tax, the ones who inherit the property or wealth have to pay an inheritance tax to the government. As far as estate tax is concerned, the ones who are representing the dead person will have to pay an estate tax to the government. In the United Kingdom, there is no difference between an inheritance tax and an estate tax.

Property Tax is another very common form of tax. Under the system of paying property tax, you will have to pay a percentage depending on the size and nature of the property that you own. There are various types of laws that deal with taxation for land, as well as for buildings.

Then there are other types of tax like the retirement tax. This is usually seen in countries that have a well defined social security system. These taxes are used for the benefit of retired workers. Then there is the payroll tax. This tax is imposed on salaried professionals. This is similar to the professional tax that is paid in India. Tariffs are another form of tax. The tariffs have to deal with the movement of goods within a country, or across borders. This is the reason why we have tariffs like export tariff, and import tariff. This is in some ways related to smuggling. This is not a joke but smuggling is the import or export if goods without the payment of taxes like the export and import tariffs, or duties (another form of tax) like customs duties.

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