Centre slashes windfall gains tax on domestically-produced crude to ₹5,200 per tonne from ₹5,700 per tonne effective June 1, 2024. No change in export duty on petrol, diesel, and ATF.
The Centre on Saturday slashed windfall gains tax on domestically-produced crude to ₹5,200 per tonne from earlier ₹5,700 per tonne.
The export duty on petrol diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) will continue to be nil. #Elections with ET Lok Sabha Exit Poll Results 2024: Track all updates here The new rates will be effective June 1 2024, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) said in a late night notification Friday.
On May 16, the Centre had revised windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to ₹5,700 down from ₹8,400 per tonne.
On April 16, the Centre raised the windfall tax on petroleum crude to ₹9,600 per tonne from ₹6,800, after firming of crude oil prices in the international market.
It was further slashed to ₹8,400 per tonne.
India first imposed windfall profit taxes on July 1, 2022, joining a host of nations that tax extraordinary profits of energy companies.
The rates are reviewed every fortnight based on international crude oil prices in the previous two weeks.
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