Tax reforms committees. Tax committees and chronological order of taxes. 1.Taxation enquiry commission- 1953-54 Progressive tax structure. 2.Indian tax reform commission/ Kaldor- 1956. He focus on direct taxation . He favor wealth ,capital gain, gift tax and personal expenditure tasx(abolish in 1962) 3.Tax committee for rationalization and simplification of direct taxation/Bhoothalingam’s committee- 1968. Direct tax inquary committee/Wanchoo committee- 1970-71. He focused on black money. K.N.Raj committee on tax on agriculture wealth and income- 1972. 6.Indirect tax enquiry commitee-/L.K.Jha committee- 1977. Focus on union excise duty. This committee Introduced MANVAT. 7.Choksi committee – 1977-78 This committee consolidate 4 taxes- 1.income,2. wealth,3.gift, and sur tax. 8.Chelliah committee- 1991 Rekhi committee- 1993 Focus on indirect tax. 10.Vijay kelkar committee- 2002 Simplification and rationalization of direct and indirect taxes. ...