HC Admits Plea challenging the Constitutional Validity of GST Compensation Cess: Directs Dept to Not to take Coercive Steps for Non-payment [Read Order]
A division bench of the Delhi High Court in recently admitted a writ petition challenging the constitutionl validity of the GST Compensation Cess on coal under the new indirect tax regime, rolled out on last
Supreme Court upholds Validity of GST Cess Laws [Read Judgment]
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court has today upheld the validity of the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 enacted by Parliament as well as the Goods and Services Tax Compensation
GST: Govt Likely to Impose New Cess
The Central Government is likely to introduce a new cess called, sugar cess under the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) regime, ET reported. A final decision in this regard will be taken by
Clean Energy Cess on Custom Duty includable in the Calculation of Customs Educational Cess and Higher Education Cess: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that clean energy cess on custom duty is includable in the calculation of customs educational cess and higher
GST: Kerala defers implementation of Flood Cess to July 1st [Read Notification]
The Kerala Government has deferred the implementation of Flood Cess on the goods and services supplied within the State to final customers to July 1st 2019 from June. The cess would be imposed for two
GST: Kerala to Impose Flood Cess from June [Read Notification]
After a long time since it got approval from the GST Council, the Kerala Government has decided to impose one per cent cess on the goods and services supplied within the State to final customers
No Marginal Relief in case of Health and Education Cess: CBDT [Read Circular]
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has clarified that no marginal relief shall be available in Health Cess (HC) and Education Cess (EC). EC is an additional levy on the basic tax liability. The
ITAT restore issue back to AO to determine eligibility for Deduction of Amount paid as Cess [Read Order]
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai Bench restored the issue back to AO to determine eligibility for deduction of the amount paid as Cess. The assessee, Sulzer Pumps India Limited has raised the issue
Assessee not entitled to carry forward and set off of unutilized Cess against GST Output Liability: Rajasthan High Court [Read Order]
The Rajasthan High Court held that the assessee is not entitled to carry forward and set off of unutilized Cess against the GST Output Liability. The Petitioner, Jay Ushin Limited has filed the petition under
Madras High Court allows Transitional Credit of Education Cess, SHE Cess and Krishi Kalyan Cess into GST [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court has allowed the Transitional Credit of Education Cess, Secondary and Higher Education Cess and Krishi Kalyan Cess into the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ). The petitioner is registered as
GST: Govt over Rs 38,000 crore as Cess
The Central Government, on Friday revealed that over Rs 38,000 crore has been collected as Cess for the period July to November under the current Goods and Services Tax (GST). The cess, which was levied
Apple Cola Fizzy and Malt Cola Fizzy are Carbonated Beverages with Fruit Juice attracts Tax at 40% (with cess): AAR [Read Order]
The Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling ( AAR ), has ruled that Apple Cola Fizzy and Malt Cola Fizzy are Carbonated Beverages with fruit juice that attracts GST at 28% and GST Compensation Cess at
Relief to South Eastern Coalfields Ltd: CESTAT Rules No Clean Energy Cess on Coal Stock Lying Before July 1st, 2017 [Read Order]
The Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has provided relief to South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, affirming that the company is not required to impose Clean Energy Cess (CEC) on coal stock existing before
GST beneficial to Coal Consumers, says Piyush Goyal
In pre GST regime there was Excise Duty on Coal @ 6% , Stowing Excise Duty @ Rs. 10 per tonne of coal production, VAT@ 5% (on intra-state sale), Central Sales Tax @ 2% (on inter-state sale, on submission
Government doubles Rate of Green Tax
The Government of India has doubled the rate of Clean Energy Cess in Budget 2016-17. The effective rate of Clean Energy Cess (now renamed as Clean Environment Cess) levied on coal, lignite and peat was