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Taxes subsumed under GST

At the Central level, the following taxes have been subsumed:

Central Excise Duty

Additional Excise Duty

Service Tax

Additional Customs Duty commonly known as Countervailing Duty; and

Special Additional Duty of Customs.

At the State level, the following taxes have been subsumed:

State Value Added Tax/Sales Tax

Entertainment Tax (other than the tax levied by the local bodies)

Central Sales Tax (levied by the Centre and collected by the States)

Octroi and Entry tax

Purchase Tax

Luxury tax; and

Taxes on lottery, betting and gambling.