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Excise on poha

SUNIL SHRESTH (Student CA IPC / IPCC) (32 Points)

13 January 2016

Respected experts

Does A Poha / Rice flakes manufacturing industry is covered under Excise?

if yes what is the applicable rate....

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Akshay (Senior Assistant) (444 Points)
Replied 19 January 2016

Poha is a manufactured product and it answers the descriptttion of Chapter 19.04 of Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. Hence it is chargeable to excise duty @ 12.5% and unit of measurement being 'kg'.

Extract of Chapter 1904

"PREPARED FOODS OBTAINED BY THE SWELLING OR ROASTING OF CEREALS OR CEREAL PRODUCTS (FOR EXAMPLE, CORN FLAKES); CEREALS [OTHER THAN MAIZE (CORN) ] IN GRAIN FORM OR IN THE FORM OF FLAKES OR OTHER WORKED GRAINS (EXCEPT FLOUR, GROATS AND MEAL), PRE-COOKED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED"

Source: https://www.cbec.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/excise/cxt-2015-16/chap19.pdf