A discount is taken off before GST is worked out (the usual case for a discount shown on the invoice). Cess applies only to items you set at 28%; many tobacco cess rates are specific amounts per 1,000 sticks and cannot be entered here.
Common goods and services and the GST rate they carry today. Pick one to set the rate on your item. The rate really follows the HSN / SAC code and its conditions, so check your code.
Rates in force since 22 September 2025; checked 18 October 2026.
Assumptions: the rate you choose is the total GST rate; within a state it is split equally into CGST and SGST/UTGST, between states it is IGST. Services and the 12% / 28% slabs on invoices dated before 22 September 2025 can be entered with the matching rate or a custom rate.
Compensation cess was cut to nil on most goods from 22 September 2025 (Notification 2/2025-Compensation Cess (Rate)). It continues on pan masala, gutkha, cigarettes, chewing tobacco and bidi until the cess loan is repaid.
A composition-scheme dealer pays tax at a fixed percentage of turnover, may not collect GST from customers and issues a bill of supply instead of a tax invoice. If your supplier is on the composition scheme there is no GST to add or remove.
GST payable is rounded to the nearest rupee on returns (Section 170, CGST Act: 50 paise or more rounds up). On an invoice you may show paise or round the total, so both options are offered.
This is a calculation aid, not tax advice. Confirm the HSN / SAC code, place of supply and any exemption with a GST practitioner.
A discount is taken off before GST is worked out (the usual case for a discount shown on the invoice). Cess applies only to items you set at 28%; many tobacco cess rates are specific amounts per 1,000 sticks and cannot be entered here.
Common goods and services and the GST rate they carry today. Pick one to set the rate on your item. The rate really follows the HSN / SAC code and its conditions, so check your code.
Rates in force since 22 September 2025; checked 18 October 2026.
Assumptions: the rate you choose is the total GST rate; within a state it is split equally into CGST and SGST/UTGST, between states it is IGST. Services and the 12% / 28% slabs on invoices dated before 22 September 2025 can be entered with the matching rate or a custom rate.
Compensation cess was cut to nil on most goods from 22 September 2025 (Notification 2/2025-Compensation Cess (Rate)). It continues on pan masala, gutkha, cigarettes, chewing tobacco and bidi until the cess loan is repaid.
A composition-scheme dealer pays tax at a fixed percentage of turnover, may not collect GST from customers and issues a bill of supply instead of a tax invoice. If your supplier is on the composition scheme there is no GST to add or remove.
GST payable is rounded to the nearest rupee on returns (Section 170, CGST Act: 50 paise or more rounds up). On an invoice you may show paise or round the total, so both options are offered.
This is a calculation aid, not tax advice. Confirm the HSN / SAC code, place of supply and any exemption with a GST practitioner.