Cess in a sentence

For instance, road cess may be increased to account for the higher finance costs in road projects due to higher provisioning which will directly and indirectly affect other sectors as users would now have to pay increased road cess.

On the government continuing to levy a cess (even after the compensation ceased), she said that levying a cess to raise revenue was “constitutionally legitimate”.

Under the new decision, the Kerala government has decided to impose 10 percent cess on beer and wine while a maximum of 35 percent cess will be levied on foreign liquors.

Amount for compensation cess is collected through cess levied on goods and services having GST rate of 28 per cent.

As per the amendment, the maximum GST compensation cess rate for pan masala will be 51% of the retail sale price per unit.

Cess, as is common knowledge, is not shared with the states.

In recent debates about casement for instance there are repeated pile ons with allegations of Windsor being a cess pit for sectarianism, Paramilitary flags etc and always the same claim that we need to move on and embrace a new future.

The last time too, this government pushed onion farmers to the edge by slapping export cess on onion.

Some States are unhappy that the Centre is collecting taxes in the form of cess, which is not being shared with States.

The States taking the moral high ground suddenly, saying ‘you are collecting cess and it is growing’; tell me, how many States have reduced petrol prices after we did so?

Aiming to increase revenue, the government on Wednesday increased the VAT on petrol by one per cent from 20.5 per cent (including 0.5 per cent green cess) to 21.5 per cent.

And even if that condition is put, nobody will give you that loan because there won’t be much money in that kitty (compensation cess fund).

Even the CAG report has not said so — that the compensation cess was diverted.

Funding for the latter has been bolstered through a dedicated 3% cess on personal, corporate income tax since 2004-05.

The CAG also took exception to the finance ministry transferring the cess proceeds to the compensation fund as ‘grant in aid’, rather than as 'other fiscal services', as the compensation is the state’s ‘right” not a ‘grant in aid’.

The Court was also told the levying of Covid cess takes place at the time of issuance of permit to the liquor vends, irrespective of sale of the liquor.

The Rajasthan Bill allows the state to impose a fee/cess, etc on agricultural produce brought or bought or sold “by a corporate or trader” and then credit it back to farmers, through various means, for their welfare.

Time taken in reconciliation of compensation receipts can’t be termed as diversion of GST cess fund when the dues to states were fully released by the central government, they said.

Why can’t the TS government forego ₹400 crore it gets as market cess and allow farmers to sell their produce wherever they wish to like traders are permitted,” he questioned.

Also, water cess is peanuts despite rate revisions in 2003.