Following the decision taken by Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to increase the cess for some car segments, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has said that the cess hike in cars will come into effect on September 11, 2017.
GST Council in its 21st meeting was held on September 9, decided to increase the cess on mid-sized cars by 2 percent, taking the effective GST rate to 45 percent. Also, cess on large cars has been hiked by 5 percent, taking the total GST incidence to 48 percent while that of SUVs by 7 percent to 50 percent. However, maintaining status quo, the GST Council has not hiked cess on small petrol and diesel cars, hybrid cars and those carrying up to 13 passengers. The government’s this move is aimed to remove anomalies under the new tax regime.
Earlier, the Union Cabinet had approved the promulgation of an Ordinance that allowed the GST Council to hike the maximum rate of compensation cess on large and luxury vehicles to 25 per cent from the current cap of 15 per cent. Besides, the government also decided to levy cess on those cars which attract the highest tax slab of 28 percent and on top of that, under the GST regime. Car prices had dropped by up to Rs 3 lakh as the tax rates fixed under the GST, which came into effect from July 1, were lower than the combined central and state taxes in pre-GST days.
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