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What is Excise Duty

Excise duty is a form of tax imposed on goods for their production, licensing and sale. An indirect tax paid to the Government of India by producers of goods, excise duty is the opposite of Customs duty in that it applies to goods manufactured domestically in the country, while Customs is levied on those coming from outside of the country.
 
At the central level, excise duty earlier used to be levied as Central Excise Duty, Additional Excise Duty, etc. However, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduction in July 2017, subsumed many types of excise duty. Today, excise duty applies only on petroleum and liquor.
 
Excise duty was levied on manufactured goods and levied at the time of removal of goods, while GST is levied on the supply of goods and services.
 
Alcohol does not come under the purview of GST as an exclusion mandated by constitutional provision. States levy taxes on alcohol according to the same practice as was prevalent before the rollout of GST.
 
After GST was introduced, excise duty was replaced by central GST because excise was levied by the central government. The revenue generated from CGST goes to the central government.

The Budget estimate of the government's excise duty revenue for the year 2020-21 was Rs 2,67,000 crore. The revised estimates of excise duty for the 2019-20 Budget came at Rs 2,48,000 crore, while the actuals for the 2018-19 Budget stood at Rs 2,30,992 crore.
 
Types of excise duty in India
 
Before GST kicked in, there were three kinds of excise duties in India.
 
Basic Excise Duty
 
Basic excise duty is also known as the Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT). This category of excise duty was levied on goods that were classified under the first schedule of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. This duty was levied under Section 3 (1) (a) of the Central Excise Act, 1944. This duty applied on all goods except salt.
 
Additional Excise Duty
 
Additional excise duty was levied on goods of high importance, under the Additional Excise under Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957. This duty was levied on some special category of goods.
 
Special Excise Duty
 
This type of excise duty was levied on special goods classified under the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.

Latest Updates on Excise Duty

Petrol and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) have been exempted from the export levy

Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 11:42 PM IST

Buchchi Babu on Wednesday joined the Enforcement Directorate's probe

Updated On: 15 Mar 2023 | 2:55 PM IST

The Special Judge MK Nagpal on Saturday issued notice to ED on the plea listed the matter for March 16, 2023, with detailed arguments

Updated On: 04 Mar 2023 | 4:38 PM IST

Under the new, now-scrapped, excise policy, the state government allowed private vendors and shops to sell liquor in Delhi

Updated On: 27 Feb 2023 | 12:14 PM IST

Sisodia has not only been the face of AAP's education policy in Delhi but also heads as many as 18 of the total 33 departments

Updated On: 27 Feb 2023 | 12:15 PM IST

The new liquor policy promised several changes to the way alcoholic drinks are sold in Delhi

Updated On: 27 Feb 2023 | 6:37 AM IST

Windfall tax: The additional excise duty on ATF has been cut to Rs 1.5 per litre from Rs 6 per litre earlier

Updated On: 16 Feb 2023 | 8:49 AM IST

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested businessman Gautam Malhotra in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam.

Updated On: 08 Feb 2023 | 12:47 PM IST

The rise was the sharpest in premium products with their portfolio now accounting for a fifth of all the whisky sold in India

Updated On: 27 Jan 2023 | 9:25 AM IST

It said in a statement that the agency has issued a provisional attachment order, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), for freezing the properties

Updated On: 25 Jan 2023 | 4:02 PM IST

An order for the provisional attachment of the assets has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

Updated On: 25 Jan 2023 | 12:04 PM IST

This is the second prosecution complaint (charge sheet) filed by the federal investigative agency in this case, registered under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

Updated On: 06 Jan 2023 | 5:20 PM IST

A Delhi court extended till January 7 the judicial custody of four accused, arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam also involving Dy CM Manish Sisodia

Updated On: 02 Jan 2023 | 6:51 PM IST

The ED has claimed in its charge sheet before a court that the Delhi Excise Policy, which caused total loss of Rs 2,873 crore to govt exchequer, was a device created by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders

Updated On: 21 Dec 2022 | 6:32 AM IST

The Union govt should moderate the excise duty it levies on CNG till such time that the environment-friendly natural gas is included in the one-nation-one-tax GST regime

Updated On: 06 Dec 2022 | 5:57 PM IST

The CBI filed its first charge sheet against seven accused in the Delhi Excise policy scam case, officials said

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 5:11 PM IST

Export invoicing in INR is already allowed but the payment must come through Vostro Accounts maintained by foreign banks with a bank in India

Updated On: 14 Nov 2022 | 4:38 PM IST

Duty cuts on edible oil, petro products to blame; may not hit overall collection

Updated On: 31 Oct 2022 | 11:28 PM IST

Sisodia alleged that the case against him was intended not to probe any scam but to 'make Operation Lotus successful in Delhi'

Updated On: 17 Oct 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

CBI has summoned Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday for questioning in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy for the national capital

Updated On: 16 Oct 2022 | 10:46 PM IST