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Principles of Taxation or Cannons of Taxation

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">An obligation on people and businesses of a country by the government is called taxation&period; Since ancient times&comma; governments have been collecting revenues form their population in different forms&period; It was necessary in order to meet the different expenditures which the governments had to incur&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The nature and the extent of expenditures incurred by the governments have undergone a lot of changes in the modern world&period; New sources of collecting the necessary amounts have also been found&period; For Example&comma; now a state has to spend a lot of money on its defense requirements&period; Development expenditures and expenditures on general public services have also increased manifold&period; New sources of receiving the necessary amounts have also emerged&period; For Example&comma; now a country can receive some resources form another country or an international organization either as loans or as aids&period; However&comma; collecting the amounts form its own population still remains as a major and popular source&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&lbrack;linkunit&rsqb;Every country tries to develop its internal resources&comma; because different types of problems are associated with the amounts received from external sources&period; A government tries to generate internal revenue from different sources&period; The stability of any state and its economic structure is strongly correlated with the shape and framework of its taxation system&period;&&num;160&semi; Whenever there is a discussion of cannon of taxation the principles described in the Adam Smith’s book &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Wealth and Nations” will be discussed&period; These canons are still providing foundation for taxation principles&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Canon of Equality<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">This canon discussed the equality and justice for taxation principles&period; This is about the proportion of the right and obligation and the justified share of the taxes accordingly&period; This rule advocates the progressive taxation theory with different tax rate slabs for different income people where rich and high earning people have to share their excessive earnings with society&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Cannon of Certainly<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The tax rules should be clear and logical and define briefly in easy way for general understanding&period; This cannon has a vital effect on taxpayers as if they not certain&comma; and hazy about the system they will hesitate to step in the process&period; This cannon is works for both taxpayer and state&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Adam Smith says &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain&comma; and not arbitrary&period; The time of the payment&comma; the manner of payment&comma; the quantity to be paid ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person&period; Where it is otherwise&comma; every person subject to tax is put more or less&comma; in the power of tax-gatherer&comma; who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor&comma; or extort&comma; by terror of each aggravation&comma; some present or perquisite himself&period;” <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&lbrack;adsense&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Cannon of Convenience<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">As appeared from its name&comma; the process and system should be convenient for the tax payer and state at the same time&period;&&num;160&semi; <br &sol;>Cannon of Simplicity&colon; The tax system should be simple and flexible&period; It should not be rigid&period; It can be mix of direct and indirect tax&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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