Higher excise, health cess to kick in on tobacco products, pan masala from February 1New taxes on cigarettes, tobacco, and pan masala begin February 1. This marks a major tax change for these products. Excise duties and a he...
31 Jan, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
Pan masala manufacturers need registration under health and security cess law from Feb 1Pan masala makers must register for a new health and national security cess by February 1, 2026. Separate registrations are needed for each...
02 Jan, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
GST, cess levy together to help detect evasion in pan masala sector: SourcesNew tax rules for pan masala manufacturing will be effective February 1. A health and national security cess will be added to the Goods and...
01 Jan, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Parliament clears bill to levy cess on pan masala manufacturing unitsParliament has approved a new bill. This bill will impose a cess on pan masala manufacturing units. The collected funds will be used for na...
08 Dec, 2025, 07.02 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Health Security and National Security Cess Bill, clears cess on pan masala manufacturing unitsThe Lok Sabha has approved the Health Security and National Security Cess Bill. This paves the way for the government to introduce a specia...
05 Dec, 2025, 05.02 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha to take up Health, National Security Cess Bill for further consideration, passingFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce a new cess bill in Lok Sabha. This bill aims to boost funds for national security and pu...
05 Dec, 2025, 08.45 AM IST
Health & national security cess only on demerit goods like pan masala, not essentials, says Nirmala SitharamanA new health and national security cess will be imposed on demerit goods like pan masala. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated this c...
05 Dec, 2025, 01.19 AM IST
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...
04 Dec, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
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...
03 Dec, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
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...
02 Dec, 2025, 12.49 AM IST
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...
01 Dec, 2025, 01.05 PM IST
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...
04 Feb, 2024, 11.59 AM 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
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...
09 Apr, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
Centre amends finance bill to change taxation on tobacco, pan masalaThe centre on Friday proposed an amendment in the Schedule of the GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017in the finance bill which capped th...
25 Mar, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
GST anti-evasion: Cess likely on pan masala at manufacturing stageThe Council will look at levying the cess at the manufacturing stage based on production capacity as against the current practice of imposi...
21 Jan, 2018, 04.35 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