The GST Council will discuss the future of the compensation cess on luxury and demerit goods collected to repay loans taken by the Indian g...

The GST council may decided today on a range of topics including whether to include petroleum products under GST ambit which will significa...

“A state does not have the right to levy a cess on sale outside the state, the provision is not there under integrated goods and service ta...

A Group of Ministers set up to look into Sikkim's demand of levying Covid cess on power and pharmaceutical sectors will meet on June 17. Ac...

Goa also supported this proposal and thereafter Chairperson assured to form a committee of Group of Ministers (GOM) as done earlier for all...

"A Covid cess, or tinkering with tax for super rich in Budget would be a mere blip in market. We will get over it."

While the modality of the same is still not clear, the government is looking to introduce additional cess on current direct and indirect ta...

The industry has asked that no new taxes be levied as the economy is under stress in its budget recommendations. Experts also opposed the i...

“Whatever money that we require we do not require upfront. It will be required in the same staggered manner in which you are vaccinating th...

Tobacco is taxed at the highest slab of GST at 28 percent, being ‘sin goods’ and further attracting levies of additional duties like NCCD. ...

The move will help the state to mobilise additional revenue of Rs 145 crore in the current fiscal.

Ministry sources said that in the present economic scenario during the COVID-19 pandemic, any purported proposal of introducing a calamity ...

Assam finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We had an informal discussion with these states and we may increase the tax on liquor. T...

While Nagaland is the first state to impose a Covid-specific cess, Assam recently increased taxes on petrol by Rs 6 and on diesel by Rs 5, ...

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday suggested imposing "COVID cess" on the ultra rich to offset the loss of revenue, ...

Calling for measures like partial waivers of EMIs, rents, school fees, cut in petrol and diesel prices, the JD(S) leader said, the loss of ...

“In the context of Covid-19 situation, considering the immediate requirement of ventilators and other items, the Central Government has gra...