Smokey Affair: GST on cigarettes, tobacco products may be raisedIndia is considering raising the GST on cigarettes and tobacco products to 40% and adding an additional excise duty after compensation cess...
20 Feb, 2025, 10.18 AM IST
Cigarette stocks ITC, Godfrey Phillips, VST down up to 4%. Here's whyFollowing the news, VST Industries shares fell 4% to day's low of Rs 287.20, Godfrey Phillips stock fell about 4% while ITC fell over 2% to...
20 Feb, 2025, 10.13 AM IST
ITC shares fall as GST Council rejects tobacco industry's proposal to reconsider compensation cessThe tobacco industry had sought "uniform additional compensation cess on cigarettes, compensation cess on bidis, additional compensation ce...
04 Oct, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
Revenue Department removes additional excise duty on cigarette, tobaccoThe revenue department also "rescinded" the central excise notification dated February 27, 2010, which deals with excise duty rate on unman...
02 Jun, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
GTC seeks to intervene in DRI case against exporter Golden TobieThe federal agency, in an affidavit seeking dismissal of the company’s petition, said its investigation found that the petitioner doesn’t h...
17 Nov, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
The GST cess shortfall – does tobacco hold the key?Tobacco is taxed at the highest slab of GST at 28 percent, being ‘sin goods’ and further attracting levies of additional duties like NCCD. ...
22 Aug, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
Higher tax on cigarettes keeps industry under pressure: ITCThe cumulative growth in tax incidence on cigarettes, after cognising for the latest increase in cess rates, stands at 202 per cent in last...
19 Jan, 2018, 06.17 PM IST
Farmers seek rollback of additional levy on cigarettesAccording to the Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), there is a need to bring in stability in tobacco farm prices and farm...
03 Aug, 2017, 02.40 PM IST
Additional tax on cigarette would exacerbate legal sales: ITC"The additional tax burden caused by the increase in compensation Cess rates...will exacerbate the pressure on the entire legal cigarette v...
27 Jul, 2017, 09.01 PM IST
Cigarette industry body wants GST Council to roll back tax increaseThe GST Council at its meeting on Monday increased the compensation cess rate on various segments of cigarettes ranging from Rs 485 to Rs 7...
18 Jul, 2017, 08.03 PM IST
Expensive affair: Cigarette shares tumble up to 14% post GST Council meetBrokerage firm HSBC maintained hold rating on ITC with a target price of Rs 320.
18 Jul, 2017, 04.13 PM IST
ITC chokes on its own smoke! Set for steepest fall since 1992The brokerage has maintained hold rating on ITC with a target price of Rs 320.
18 Jul, 2017, 04.02 PM IST
GST Council raises cess on cigarettes to fix anomaly under GSTWhile reduction in tax incidence on items of mass consumption would be welcome, it would be unacceptable in case of demerit goods like ciga...
18 Jul, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
Government has last laugh on GST cigarette issueThe ITC stock surged to a record high two weeks ago after the announcement that overall GST rates were reducing the overall tax incidence o...
18 Jul, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
Everything you need to know about GST rates declared so farIf you are looking to buy a small car, you may have to shell out some extra money once GST is implemented because of an additional cess.
19 May, 2017, 05.40 PM IST
GST: Pan masala gutkha to attract 204% cess, SUVs 15%The Centre and states have agreed to impose cess on demerit and luxury goods under the Goods and Services Tax regime, over and above the pe...
19 May, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
- Ministry tells FM to hurry up on 1% cigarette cess
THE commerce ministry has urged FM Jaswant Singh to act expediently on the budget proposal of a 1% cess on cigarettes and use the collectio...
01 Dec, 2002, 05.35 AM IST