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IPL teams appeal for tax rematch: 'Treat event as sport, not entertainment'Indian Premier League teams are asking the government to reclassify match tickets. They want IPL games treated as sports, not entertainment...
ITC, Godfrey Phillips shares crack up to 19% on New Year’s Day. What’s the bad news?Tobacco stocks like ITC and Godfrey Phillips saw significant drops on Thursday. This follows the finance ministry's notification of an addi...
Parliament approves Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to levy excise duty on tobaccoParliament has approved a new bill. This legislation will allow for higher excise duty on tobacco products. This change will take effect on...
New tax coming for demerit goods like cigarettes and not for essential goods: FM SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the new Health and National Security Cess will primarily focus on demerit goods, including pan mas...
Lok Sabha passes Central Excise (Amendment) Bill ahead of GST cess phaseout on ‘sin goods’New laws are set to tax tobacco and pan masala products. These bills replace the GST compensation cess. Excise duty will be levied on tobac...
Parliament Winter Session: Finance Minister Sitharaman moves two bills for new cess on tobacco and other 'sin goods'New bills have been introduced to change taxes on tobacco and pan masala. The Central Excise Amendment Bill will levy excise duty on tobacc...
Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025: Govt tables bill for new levies on cigarettes, pan masala and gutkhaFM Sitharaman introduces Health Security National Cess Bill 2025 to replace GST compensation cess on tobacco products, including cigarettes...
Centre plans new health and security cess to keep tobacco taxes high as GST compensation levy endsIndia is set to introduce new taxes on tobacco products like cigarettes, pan masala, and gutkha. This move comes as the Goods and Services ...
Bill to replace tobacco cess with new levy in winter sessionThe central government might present a bill during Parliament's winter session. This bill focuses on imposing a levy on tobacco products. I...
GST Council retains 28% tax and cess on tobacco, sin goodsThe Union finance minister will decide on the date when the new tax rate for these items will be applicable. Currently, such products attra...
Explained: Why ITC shares jumped after GST overhaul hit cigarettesITC Limited shares experienced a surge following the government's GST revision. The GST Council is streamlining tax slabs, potentially bene...
GST 2.0 reforms: Centre mulls extra duty on tobacco, states want shareTo maintain overall taxation on tobacco products post GST 2.0 reforms, the Centre may impose additional excise or special duty above the pr...
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...
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...
Tobacco product makers to face Rs 1 lakh penalty, if packing machines not registered with GST authoritiesManufacturers of pan masala, gutka, and similar tobacco products will face a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh if they fail to register their pack...
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...
Govt specifies retail sale price based GST cess rate for pan masala, tobaccoPan masala, containing tobacco gutkha, now has a cess rate of 0.61 times the RSP, while the rate for smoking mixtures for pipes and cigaret...
Both GST and Excise duty can be imposed on tobacco: Karnataka HCThe Karnataka High Court has ruled that the Union government is entitled to levy Central GST (CGST) as well as excise duty on tobacco and t...
Proposal of 40% GST on aerated drinks, tobacco could severely hit both sectorsExisting excise duty levied on the Rs 14,000-crore soft drink industry, comprising mainly of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, is 18%.
- Non-smoking tobacco makers fume as FM enhances levy
Budget 2010-11 has elicited frowns from the makers of non-smoking tobacco, popularly known as chewing tobacco.