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GST Rate Chart 2025-26: Complete List of GST Rates on Goods & Services

Complete GST rate chart for FY 2025-26. GST rates on goods (0%, 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%) and services including latest changes. Covers food, pharma, electronics, construction, healthcare, education and more.

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Rules 1 and 2 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Short Title, Commencement and the Five Definitions

Rule 1(1) says the Rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, and rule 1(2) says they came into force with effect from 22nd June, 2017. Rule 2 defines "Act", "Form", "Section" and "Special Economic Zone", and clause (e) says that any other word or expression not defined in...

8 min read13 Oct 2026
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Rule 8 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Application for Registration in FORM GST REG-01, Part A and Part B

Rule 8(1) requires a person liable to be registered under section 25(1), or seeking registration under section 25(3), to declare his Permanent Account Number and State or Union territory in Part A of FORM GST REG-01 before applying. A temporary reference number then lets the applicant submit Part B...

9 min read13 Oct 2026
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Rules 9A and 10 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Grant of Registration Electronically and the Registration Certificate in FORM GST REG-06

Under rule 9A, a person who applied under rule 8, rule 12 or rule 17 and is identified on the common portal on data analysis and risk parameters is granted registration electronically within three working days of submission. Under rule 10, the certificate in FORM GST REG-06 is made available on the...

7 min read12 Oct 2026
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Rule 10B of the CGST Rules, 2017: Aadhaar Authentication for a Registered Person Before Revocation or Refund Applications

A registered person who has been issued a certificate of registration under rule 10, other than a person notified under section 25(6D), must undergo authentication of the Aadhaar number of the individual rule 10B names for its kind of entity. The authentication is "in order to be eligible" for the...

7 min read12 Oct 2026
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Rule 12 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Registration of Persons Required to Deduct or Collect Tax at Source

A person required to deduct tax under section 51 or to collect tax under section 52 applies in FORM GST REG-07, not through the ordinary application in rule 8. The proper officer may grant registration after due verification and issue a certificate in FORM GST REG-06 within three working days...

7 min read14 Oct 2026
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Rules 13 to 15 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Registration of a Non-Resident Taxable Person, an OIDAR or Online Money Gaming Supplier, and Extension of the Period of Operation

A non-resident taxable person applies in FORM GST REG-09 at least five days prior to the commencement of business, with a self-attested copy of a valid passport. A person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services, or online money gaming, from a place outside India...

8 min read11 Oct 2026
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Rules 16, 16A and 18 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Suo Moto Registration, Temporary Identification Number and Display of the Certificate and GSTIN

Where an enquiry, survey, inspection, search or other proceeding shows that a person liable to registration has failed to apply, the proper officer may register him on a temporary basis in FORM GST REG-12. The person must then apply for regular registration within ninety days of the grant. Rule 18...

7 min read12 Oct 2026
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Rules 20 and 21 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Application for Cancellation of Registration and the Cases Where Registration Is Liable to Be Cancelled

A registered person seeking cancellation under section 29(1) applies electronically in FORM GST REG-16 within a period of thirty days of the occurrence of the event warranting the cancellation, with the stock and liability details the rule lists. Rule 21 states, in clauses (a) to (i), the cases in...

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Rule 22 of the CGST Rules, 2017: Cancellation of Registration, the Show Cause Notice, the Reply and the Order

Where the proper officer has reasons to believe that registration is liable to be cancelled under section 29, he issues a notice in FORM GST REG-17 requiring the person to show cause within a period of seven working days from the date of service. The reply is in FORM GST REG-18. If cancellation...

7 min read13 Oct 2026
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