Tax Incidence On Sin Goods To Remain Unchanged; Health Or Green Levy Likely On Cigarettes, Tobacco Products
Published on: Aug. 17, 2025, 8:10 p.m. | Source: NDTV Profit
As the Centre pushes ahead with plans to simplify the GST rate structure, sin and demerit goods — including cigarettes, chewing tobacco and gutka— will remain under high tax slabs, with no change in overall tax incidence, an official source said. Though a special 40% GST rate is being proposed as the upper cap under the new two-rate system, sin goods will be kept outside this framework.
