Value of taxable supply and rates notified Pan Masala / tobacco products

CBIC notifies GST rates and value of taxable supply for Biris, Pan Masala / tobacco products 

Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 19/2025- Central Tax (Rate)

G.S.R. 949(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 15 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 49/2023-Central Tax, dated the 29th September, 2023 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 705(E), dated the 29th September, 2023, namely: —

In the said notification, after clause (iii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —

“(iv) supply of the following goods bearing the description specified in column (3), falling under the corresponding Chapter/ heading/ sub-heading/ tariff item specified in column (2), of the Table below, on which retail sale price is declared : –

Explanation. – For the purposes of this clause, —

(a). “retail sale price” means the maximum price declared on goods at which such goods in packaged form may be sold to the ultimate consumer and includes all taxes, duties, surcharge or cess, by whatever name called;

(b). where on the package of any specified goods more than one retail sale price is declared, the maximum of such retail sale price shall be deemed to be the retail sale price;

(c). where the retail sale price declared on packages of any specified goods is altered to increase the retail sale price at any stage before, during, or after the supply, such altered retail sale price shall be deemed to be the retail sale price;

(d). where different retail sale prices are declared on different packages for the sale of any specified goods above in packaged form in different areas, each such retail sale price shall be the retail sale price for the purposes of valuation of the specified goods intended to be sold in the area to which the retail sale price relates.

(e). “tariff item”, “heading”, “sub-heading” and “Chapter” shall mean respectively a tariff item, heading, sub-heading, and Chapter as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975);

(f). the rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), including the Section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this clause.”

2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of February 2026.

[F. No. CBIC-20001/2/2025-GST]

KRITI PANDEY, Under Secy.

Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification No. 49/2023-Central Tax, dated the 29th September, 2023, published vide number G.S.R. 705(E), dated the 29th September, 2023

Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 19/2025- Central Tax (Rate)

G.S.R. 946(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9 and sub-section (5) of section 15 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 9/2025- Central Tax (Rate), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 641(E), dated the 17th September, 2025, namely:-

In the said notification, –

(a) in the Schedule II – 9%, after S. No. 4 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(b) in the Schedule III – 20%, after S. No. 13 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:

(c) the Schedule VII – 14%, and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted.

2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of February, 2026.

[F. No. CBIC-190349/73/2025-TRU]

DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.

Note: The principal notification No. 9/2025- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 17th September, 2025, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 641(E), dated the 17th September, 2025.

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