Meaning of Customs additional cess under Indian Tax

Posted on 22 April 2023 Category : Indian Tax Terms

What is Customs additional cess under Indian Tax

Customs additional cess:

The details about Customs additional cess are explained here

The import of goods has been defined in the IGST Act, 2017 as bringing goods into India from a place outside India. All imports shall be deemed as inter-State supplies and accordingly Integrated tax shall be levied in addition to the applicable Custom duties. The IGST Act, 2017 provides that the integrated tax on goods imported into India shall be levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 on the value as determined under the said Act at the point when duties of customs are levied on the said goods under the Customs Act, 1962. The integrated tax on goods shall be in addition to the applicable Basic Customs Duty (BCD) which is levied as per the Customs Tariff Act. In addition, GST compensation cess, may also be leviable on certain luxury and demerit goods under the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Cess Act, 2017.

The Customs Tariff Act, 1975 has accordingly been amended to provide for levy of integrated tax and the compensation cess on imported goods. Accordingly, goods which are imported into India shall, in addition to the Basic Customs duty, be liable to integrated tax at such rate as is leviable under the IGST Act, 2017 on a similar article on its supply in India. Further, the value of the goods for the purpose of levying integrated tax shall be, assessable value plus Customs Duty levied under the Act, and any other duty chargeable on the said goods under any law for the time being in force as an addition to, and in the same manner as, a duty of customs.

The value of the imported article for the purpose of levying cess shall be, assessable value plus Basic Customs Duty levied under the Act, and any sum chargeable on the goods under any law for the time being, in force as an addition to, and in the same manner as, a duty of customs. The integrated tax paid shall not be added to the value for the purpose of calculating cess.

Let’s take an example:

Suppose the assessable value of an article imported into India is Rs. 100/-. Basic Customs Duty is 10% ad-valorem. Integrated tax rate is 18%.

The taxes will be calculated as under: • Assessable Value= Rs. 100/-

Basic Customs Duty (BCD) = Rs. 10/-
Value for the purpose of levying integrated tax= Rs. 100/- + Rs.10/-=
Rs. 110/-
Integrated Tax = 18% of Rs.110/- =Rs. 19.80
Total taxes = Rs. 29.80

On the top of it, in case the goods are also leviable to cess under the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Cess Act, 2017, the same will be collected on the value taken for levying integrated tax. Thus, in the above example, in case, cess is leviable, the same would be levied on Rs. 110/-.

The Customs Act, 1962 provides for removal of goods from a customs station to a warehouse without payment of duty. The said Act has been amended to include ‘warehouse’ in the definition of “customs area” in order to ensure that an importer would not be required to pay the Integrated tax at the time of removal of goods from a customs station to a warehouse.

The information provided here is about Customs additional cess. If you would you like to add more information about Customs additional cess, share below your thoughts.

Learn Exports Imports Free, Click here

Click here to know GST rate of your goods or service

CGST Act Section 33 Amount of tax to be indicated in tax invoice and other documents.

CGST Act Section 34 Credit and debit notes

CGST Act Section 35 Accounts and other records

CGST Act section 36 Period of retention of accounts

CGST Act Section 37 Furnishing details of outward supplies

CGST Act section 38 Furnishing details of inward supplies

CGST Act Section 39 Furnishing of returns

CGST Act section 40 First return

CGST Act section 41 Claim of input tax credit and provisional acceptance thereof

CGST Act Section 42 Matching, reversal and reclaim of input tax credit