Chandigarh administration to levy additional 5% Covid cess on liquor with immediate effect

The Chandigarh administration has decided to levy an additional 5% Covid cess on minimum retail sale price of liquor with immediate effect.

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More tax on liquor

A notification issued by the administration stated that the cess shall be collected and remitted to the Municipal corporation by the Excise department. The amount will then be kept in a separate account for taking necessary emergent measures, for preventing and checking the spread of COVID-19.

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Earlier, this month, the Administration imposed ‘cow cess’ while announcing the Excise policy for the year 2019-20.  The two cesses - Cow and Covid - will effectively mean an increase of 12% in the retail sale price of liquor in the city.

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