https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=63640 The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 empowers the Centre to levy higher central excise duty on tobacco and related products after the GST compensation cess ends, replacing the current 28% GST-plus-cess regime with specified excise rates and floors for categories such as unmanufactured tobacco (60-70%), cigars and cheroots, cigarettes by length/filter, and chewing tobacco, to stabilise tobacco taxation and preserve higher consumer prices for public health purposes. en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:16:03 +0530 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:16:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=63640 The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 empowers the Centre to levy higher central excise duty on tobacco and related products after the GST compensation cess ends, replacing the current 28% GST-plus-cess regime with specified excise rates and floors for categories such as unmanufactured tobacco (60-70%), cigars and cheroots, cigarettes by length/filter, and chewing tobacco, to stabilise tobacco taxation and preserve higher consumer prices for public health purposes. News - Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:16:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=63640