https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=15761 The Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 and related notifications (effective 1 February 2026) restore and increase excise duty on tobacco products to maintain tax incidence post-cess, classify chewing tobacco, jarda and gutkha produced by packing machines under a capacity based special excise regime with rules for capacity determination, and amend GST schedules to place biris at 9% and multiple tobacco products and inhalation goods at 20%, while omitting the 14% Schedule VII entries; duty proceeds are to be redistributed to states per Finance Commission recommendations. en-us Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:40:45 +0530 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:40:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=15761 The Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 and related notifications (effective 1 February 2026) restore and increase excise duty on tobacco products to maintain tax incidence post-cess, classify chewing tobacco, jarda and gutkha produced by packing machines under a capacity based special excise regime with rules for capacity determination, and amend GST schedules to place biris at 9% and multiple tobacco products and inhalation goods at 20%, while omitting the 14% Schedule VII entries; duty proceeds are to be redistributed to states per Finance Commission recommendations. Articles Goods and Services Tax - GST Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:40:45 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=15761