Sutherland case: Madras HC disallows cesses transition into GST

Tax Department expects pan India impact; tax experts feel matter to be settled in Supreme Court A division bench of Madras High Court on Friday disallowed transition of Education Cess (EC), Secondary and Higher Education Cess (SHE Cess) and Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) into GST regime through the TRAN-1 declaration.  This ruling holds significance for the GST Department as it will have implicatio…