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ATTEMPT · INDIAN ECONOMY · PRELIMS 2014
The sales tax you pay while purchasing a toothpaste is a
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The sales tax you pay while purchasing a toothpaste is a
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• Correct Answer: D
• Pre-GST (2017), sales tax on goods like toothpaste was imposed and collected by State Governments under State VAT laws.
• CST Act governed inter-state sales but intra-state levy was a state tax.
• A, B, C are wrong because sales tax was not a central tax; states had both levy and collection authority.
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