Which of the following is not a direct tax?

The primary purpose of life insurance is to provide financial protection to surviving dependents after the death of an insured.

Managerial Accounting is also called as Management accounting or Cost accounting. It is the process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating information to managers of an organization. Then that managers use the provisions of accounting information in order to better inform themselves before they decide matters within their organizations, which aids their management and performance of control functions.

The financial statements should be prepared in the following order:

Income statement - Statement of retained earnings - Balance sheet

1. Income statement reports revenues and expenses and calculates net income or net loss for the time period.

2. Statement of retained earnings show how retained earnings changed during the period due to net income or net loss and dividends.

3. Balance sheet reports assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity as of the last day of the period.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are basic accounting principles and guidelines are concepts that govern the field of accounting.

Accounting principles and guidelines include :

* Business Entity Assumption

* Accounting Period

* Historical Cost Concept

* Full Disclosure Principle

* Cost Principle

* Matching Principle

* Materiality

* Monetary Unit Assumption.

The tax that is paid to a third party is Indirect tax.

Capital Gains Tax on Property:

1. Short term,

2. Long term

Short Term Capital Gain on property is considered as a gain from selling a property which was held by you for less than 36 months. As a taxpayer, you are liable to pay tax on short term capital gain on property as per your applicable marginal income tax slab.

* Current Short Term Capital Gains tax rate is 30%.

Long Term Capital Gain

When you sell your property that is owned by you for more than three years, any gain arising from such sale will be considered as long term capital gain. Long term capital gain is calculated as the difference between net sales consideration and indexed cost of property.

* Current Long Term Capital Gains tax rate is 20%.