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Should Cess and Surcharge Be Permanent?

Custom Duty : Should Cess and Surcharge Be Permanent? Explore the history and purpose of Cess and its impact on taxes and duties....

July 2, 2022 4521 Views 1 comment Print

Budget 2022: Cess and surcharge not allowable as deduction

Income Tax : Clarification regarding treatment of cess and surcharge Section 40 of the Act specifies the amounts which shall not be deducted in...

February 1, 2022 6297 Views 0 comment Print

Refund of unutilized credit of EC, SHEC & KKC after reversal of credit

Goods and Services Tax : As GST sought to consolidate multiple taxes into one it was very essential to have transitional provisions to ensure that the tran...

June 2, 2021 16335 Views 0 comment Print

Deduction of Health & Education Cess from Taxable Income

Income Tax : Interesting Income Tax Issues: Deduction of Health and Education Cess from Taxable Income : AY 2020-21 Background Sec. 40(a)(ii) ...

December 22, 2020 45360 Views 1 comment Print

Division Bench of Madras HC disallowed Cess transition into GST

Goods and Services Tax : Whether the Respondent is entitled to carry forward the accumulated unutilized amount of EC, SHEC and KKC to be utilized against t...

October 22, 2020 4191 Views 0 comment Print


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8 Types of Cesses And 4 Types of Surcharges Introduced Since 2014

Corporate Law : The government outlined year-wise collections and utilisation of major cesses and surcharges, confirming they are credited to the ...

February 5, 2026 1584 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No GST Transition Allowed for EC, SHEC and KKC Credits: Kerala HC

Goods and Services Tax : The court examined whether unutilized cess credits could be refunded after GST transition. It held that without explicit statutory...

April 24, 2026 501 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Denies Refund of EC, SHEC & KKC as Such Cesses Were Not Subsumed in GST

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai held that accumulated credit of Education Cess, SHE Cess, and KKC cannot be transitioned or refunded because these l...

March 10, 2026 591 Views 0 comment Print

Notification 41/2012-ST Covers Refund of Swachh Bharat & Krishi Kalyan Cess

Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that notification no. 41/2012-ST grants refund of service tax paid on the taxable services used for export of ...

November 2, 2023 1404 Views 0 comment Print

Pre-GST unutilized Credit of Education Cess, SHEC and KKC eligible to be refunded

Service Tax : CESTAT set aside the impugned order pertaining to the rejection of refund of unutilized cenvat credit of Education Cess, SHEC and ...

June 30, 2022 6216 Views 0 comment Print

Section 140 – GST Refund – Relevant date for limitation

Service Tax : Explore the CESTAT Chandigarh ruling in Schlumberger Asia Services Ltd. vs. Commissioner of CE & ST on the timeliness of a refund ...

May 24, 2021 4182 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Krishi Kalyan Cess on Services Provided on or before 31.05.2015

Service Tax : Central Government, hereby exempts taxable services with respect to which the invoice for the service has been issued on or befor...

June 23, 2016 6916 Views 0 comment Print

Krishi Kalyan Cess Payment Option under New Rule 7E

Service Tax : (7E) The person liable for paying the service tax under sub-rule (7), (7A), (7B) or (7C) of rule 6, shall have the option to pay s...

May 26, 2016 7273 Views 1 comment Print

Refund of Krishi Kalyan Cess on specified services used in SEZ

Service Tax : the SEZ Unit or the Developer shall be entitled to refund of- (i) the service tax paid on the specified services on which ab-ini...

May 26, 2016 4573 Views 0 comment Print

Rebate of Krishi Kalyan Cess on input services used in export service

Service Tax : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) by notificati...

May 26, 2016 5770 Views 0 comment Print

Krishi Kalyan Cess-Determination of taxable services value

Service Tax : Provided that Krishi Kalyan Cess shall be leviable only on that percentage of taxable value which is specified in column (3) for t...

May 26, 2016 5704 Views 0 comment Print


Deduction of Health & Education Cess from Taxable Income

December 22, 2020 45360 Views 1 comment Print

Interesting Income Tax Issues: Deduction of Health and Education Cess from Taxable Income : AY 2020-21 Background Sec. 40(a)(ii)  of the Income –tax Act provides that  ‘any sum paid on account of any rate or tax levied on the profits or gains of any business or profession or assessed at a proportion of, or otherwise […]

Division Bench of Madras HC disallowed Cess transition into GST

October 22, 2020 4191 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the Respondent is entitled to carry forward the accumulated unutilized amount of EC, SHEC and KKC to be utilized against the output GST tax liability?

ITC of Education Cess, SHEC & KKC cannot be claimed against GST: HC

October 16, 2020 16530 Views 0 comment Print

Assistant Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise Vs Sutherland Global Services Private Limited (Madras High Court) Whether the Assessee is entitled to utilise and set off the accumulated unutilised amount of Education Cess (EC), Secondary and Higher Education Cess (SHEC) and Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC), all jointly referred to as the “Cess” against the Output […]

HC stays order related to Transition of Education & Krishi Cess in GST Regime

January 24, 2020 4248 Views 0 comment Print

Assistant commissioner of CGST and Central excise  Vs. M/s Sutherland global services (Madras High Court) Madras High Court Division Bench stays order of single judge in Matter relating to transition of education cess, secondary and higher education cess and krishi Kalyan cess into the Gst regime. FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER /JUDGEMENT Mr.Raghavan […]

Madras HC allows credit transition of cesses viz. EC, SHEC and KKC into GST

November 15, 2019 5049 Views 0 comment Print

HC, Madras in the matter of Sutherland Global Services Private Limited v. Assistant Commissioner CGST and Central Excise, has allowed the writ petition challenging the denial of transitional credit of Education Cess (EC), Secondary and Higher Education Cess (SHEC) and Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) into GST regime through the TRAN-1 declaration.

What is Cess and Surcharge

March 17, 2019 45336 Views 2 comments Print

What are Cess and Surcharge? While calculating income tax, you have to calculate Cess and Surcharge also. Especially for those who are going to file income tax for the first time, the term Cess and Surcharge is a bit of a brainwave. In this article, we will understand the meaning of Cess and Surcharge. It […]

Can Delhi HC decision block migration of KKC?

July 14, 2018 2898 Views 1 comment Print

Can Delhi High Court decision in the case of ‘Cellular operators association of India Vs. UOI’ block migration of KKC? Revenue authorities are issuing show cause notice to the registered taxable persons who had migrated accumulated credit of Krishi Kalayan Cess (herein after referred as KKC) from erstwhile tax regime to new tax regime vide Trans-1 Form.

Krishi Kalyan Cess to finance & promote initiatives to improve agriculture

November 28, 2016 1537 Views 0 comment Print

Government has levied a new Cess to be called as Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) with effect from 1.6.2016. The purpose of imposition of this cess is to finance & promote initiatives to improve agriculture or for any other purpose relating thereto.

POT for Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC)

July 8, 2016 23171 Views 0 comment Print

1. POT for determination of KKC liability for Service Provider (SP): Rule 5 is applicable for determination of KKC liability for Service Provider (SP) due to the amendment in Budget 2016-17 and Notification No. 35/2016 also clarifies the applicability of KKC.

Exhaustive Analysis of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC)

June 27, 2016 9907 Views 2 comments Print

A Cess is a tax which is collected by the government to be used for a specific purpose. Thus collections from levy of cess can be used only for the purpose for which it has been collected and not for any other purpose, Finance Minister has mentioned in his budget speech that proceeds of KKC would be exclusively used for financing initiatives relating to improvement of agriculture and welfare of farmers.

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