As the Centre ends the GST compensation cess, here is a detailed look at how India's tobacco tax regime has evolved since ...

More than 230 years ago, one of the first acts of the First Congress in 1789 included a relatively mundane, but important, tax policy allowing a refund on excise taxes. Unfortunately, this has become ...

Smokers and consumers of chewing tobacco products will now feel a sharp pinch from February 1st, as the Centre rolls out a ...

From February 1, India will impose additional excise duty on tobacco and a health cess on pan masala, replacing compensation ...

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The government has restored excise duty on cigarettes and introduced a machine-capacity cess on pan masala to curb evasion, ...

After several weeks of discussion and a couple of tied votes, the Monticello City Council has approved a new wheel tax and motor vehicle excise surtax, a decision city leaders ...

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