Cess can be added as an additional tax in your invoices and other accounting documents. You can also add more than one cess in a single accounting document. Let's see how.


Adding Cess



While creating an accounting document, you will see an option called "Add Tax" as shown above. Go to "Add Tax" > Select Tax Type as GST > Click on "Add Cess".

When you click on Add Cess, you will see a new modal like below:

In the Cess Type, you can select if the cess is "Central Cess" or "State Cess".  Then you add the cess name such as educational cess, GST compensation cess, etc.



Once you save the same, it will appear like this:


To select the type of cess you want to add to a document, just turn the toggle on/off as shown above. You can also add multiple cess at the same time. For example, in the invoice below, I have added both educational and GST compensation cess on top of GST.

 


FAQs

1. How is Cess Calculated?
Cess is applied to the pre-tax Amount. For e.g.

  1. Quantity: 1

  2. Rate: 1000

  3. GST: 28% (Rs. 280)

  4. Cess: 12% (Rs. 120)

  5. State Cess: 10% (Rs. 100)

  6. Amount: Rs. 1000

  7. Total: Rs. 1500


2. Can you edit the cess name & type?

No. Once you create a cess, editing is not allowed to prevent data mismatch errors in your previous documents.

But, in case you made an error while creating a new cess OR if you are no longer using a particular cess, you can make that cess "Inactive". Any "Inactive" cesses will not be visible in the "Add Tax" section. You can always make them "Active" again if you wish.

To make a cess inactive, go to Business Setting > Accounting Options > Taxation & Billing > Additional Cess > Configure


On the configuration page, you will be able to see all the cesses you have created. You can mark a cess active/inactive as shown below.