- India considers integrating compensation cess on luxury goods into GST
- Affects items such as cars, tobacco, and aerated drinks
- Current cess is additional to GST and expires in March 2026
- Initially introduced to offset state revenue loss from new tax regime
- Expected cess collection is 1.67 trillion rupees this year
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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