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Background:
Earlier, the CBIC issued Notification No.1/2017-Compensation Cess (Rate) dated June 28, 2017 (“the CompensationCess Rate Notification”)in order tonotify the rate of GST compensation cess to be levied on the intra-State supplies or inter-State supplies of certain goods mentioned therein.
Further, the new (seventh) edition of the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature i.e., HS-2022, has come into force from January 01, 2022. This edition has introduced significant changes to the Harmonized System with a total of 351 amendments at the six-digit level, covering a wide range of goods moving across borders.
As India is a party to the HS convention, necessary changes were brought in accordingly, in GST through the below mentioned notification:
Notification:
The CBIC vide Notification No. 2/2021-Compensation Cess (Rate) dated December 28, 2021 has amended the relevant entries of the Compensation Cess Rate Notification w.e.f. January 1, 2022, in the following manner:
S. No. | Old HSN | Old Entry | New HSN | New Entry |
25 | 2403 91 00 | Homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco, bearing a brand name | 2403 91 00 or 2404 11 00 | Homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco, bearing a brand name |
37 | 2403 99 90 | All goods, other than pan masala containing tobacco 'gutkha', bearing a brand name | 2403 99 90 or 2404 11 00 or 2404 19 00 | All goods, other than pan masala containing tobacco 'gutkha', bearing a brand name |
38 | 2403 99 90
| All goods, other than pan masala containing tobacco 'gutkha', not bearing a brand name | 2403 99 90 or 2404 11 00 or 2404 19 00 | All goods, other than pan masala containing tobacco 'gutkha', not bearing a brand name |
54 | 8802 | Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes), for personal use. | 8802 or 8806 | Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes), for personal use. |
Our comments:
Similar changes have been adopted in Custom Tariff Act, 1975 from January 01, 2022 so as to align the same with HS 2022 vide D.O.F.No.524/11/2021-STO(TU) dated December 20, 2021
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