The Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Haryana on April 12, 2023, issued a notification discontinuation a tax at the rate of one rupee and fifty paise per quintal on the purchase of sugarcane by or on behalf of a sugar factory vide Notification No.S.O.148/P.A.40/53/5.17/77 dated October 31, 1977.
After coming into force of the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Act with effect from July 01, 2017, tax on the purchase of cane cannot be levied by the State Govt. as the same has been subsumed in GST with effect from July 01, 2017. Therefore, the Governor of Haryana hereby withdraws Notification No. S.O.148/ P.A.40/53/5.17/77 dated October 31, 1977, and any other such notifications, if applicable, pertaining to the imposition of sugarcane Purchase Tax on a cane by or on behalf of a Sugar Factory.
This notification will be effective with effect from July 01, 2017, retrospectively.
[Notification No. 608-Agri.II (5)-2023/2652]
