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Why is Amazon/Flipkart holding back a cut of my payout, what is this TCS? Under Section 52, every marketplace must collect TCS (Tax Collected at Source) on the net value of your sales and deposit it against your GSTIN, th... Intermediate 4 resources → What HSN code and GST rate apply to my product, and where do I look it up? Every product maps to an HSN code that fixes which GST slab it falls in (commonly 0 / 5 / 12 / 18 / 28%, slabs and rates get revised periodically, ... Intermediate 3 resources → When do e-invoicing and e-way bills actually kick in for my shipments? An e-way bill is needed whenever a single consignment crosses Rs 50,000 in value, for parcel shipments a courier aggregator like Shiprocket usually... Intermediate 3 resources → Can I claim input tax credit on ad spend, shipping and software, and how does GST work on COD? Yes, the 18% GST on Meta/Google ads, courier bills, packaging, Shopify/SaaS subscriptions and gateway fees is input tax credit you offset against t... Intermediate 3 resources →

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