https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4317 Packing and forwarding charges must be included in the assessable value for central excise, so excise duty and applicable cesses are calculated on the total value including those charges. The document separately queries whether packing and forwarding and customer-charged freight should be included for VAT/CST purposes, indicating those are distinct issues needing separate statutory analysis. en-us Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:03:17 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4317 Packing and forwarding charges must be included in the assessable value for central excise, so excise duty and applicable cesses are calculated on the total value including those charges. The document separately queries whether packing and forwarding and customer-charged freight should be included for VAT/CST purposes, indicating those are distinct issues needing separate statutory analysis. Discussion-Forum Central Excise Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:03:17 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4317