GST Rate on Sale of Scrap Materials with HSN Code

Read this informative post to find GST rates for scrap material with HSN Code, including plastic, rubber, wood, and paper waste.

54th GST Council Meeting – A 2% TDS will be deducted when a registered person sells metal scrap to another registered business.

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• The CBDT’s new advisory mandates GST compliance for businesses dealing with metal scrap. The GSTN will soon enable registration through GST REG-07 on the official portal. View more

What is the Meaning of Scrap?

Scrap is nowhere related to GST Laws. One could only see its meaning as per the normal mode of business. However, as per the dictionary, scrap means the “waste that either has no economic value or only the value of its basic material content recoverable through recycling”.

In terms of the GST regime, the scrap doesn’t have to be tested and passed through the manufacturer or the mechanical process.

The scrap is the supply of tax under GST norms, its rate of GST has depended upon the nature of the scrap and the HSN code.

For determining the value of supply or GST the tax obtained at the source in the provision of income tax 1961, should not be included. TCS U/s 206(C)(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 should be managed on value inclusive of GST.

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Finding the tedious task is difficult but the taxability of trash and scrap is not controversial. The highest proportion of GST in the scrap materials substance is 18%.

Read Also: GST Impact on Aluminium Scrap Industry in India

Scrap Dealers on Strike Against GST Dept

The GST department has been facing an indefinite strike from the Iron Scrap Traders Association of Mandi Gobindgarh, with aggression to sort out the misunderstanding between the department in relation to the bogus entity.

The association president had said “Traders purchase scrap and other material from firms in the state, outside and abroad. They supply it to furnaces and mills and pay suppliers as per bills received through banks. They also confirm on the GST portal that suppliers have filed GSTR-1 returns.”

The president had also warned that if the GST department does not come up with a solution then there will be a big strike by closing operations.

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GST Rate on Scrap Materials with HSN Code

HSN Code	Description	GST Rate
3915	Plastic waste, parings or scrap	18% | read notification
4004	Rubber waste, parings or scrap	5%
4004	Powders and Granules obtained from waste, parings and scrap of rubber	18%
4017 00 20	Hard Rubber waste or scrap	5%
4401	Wood Scrap	5%
4415	Packing cases, Box, Crates, Drums	5%
4707	Paper waste or scrap	5%
7001	Cullet or other waste or scrap of Glass	5%
2524	Asbestos waste	5%
7112	Waste and scrap of precious metal	3%
3006	Pharmaceutical Waste (except Contraceptives)	12%
3825	Municipal waste, sewage sludge, clinical waste	0%
2621	Slag Ash Waste	18%
7204	Vehicle Scrap	18%
7204	MS Scrap of all types	18%
7204	Scrap US Rail	18%
7404	Copper Waste Scrap	18%
7408	Bronze Waste Scrap	18%
7503	Nickel Waste Scrap	18%
7602	Aluminium Waste Scrap	18%
7902	Zinc Waste Scrap	18%
8002	Tin Waste & Scrap	18%
8113	Cermets and articles thereof waste and scrap	18%
85	E-Waste	5%
8548	Waste and scrap of primary Cells primary batteries and electric accumulators	18%

Note:

• e-waste means the electrical and electronic equipment listed which was scheduled In the Gazette of India vide GSR 338 (E) dated 23rd March 2016  which includes the components, consumables, parts and spares that address these products’ operations. 
• The HSN code for the huge number of scraps has not been notified yet. Due to the traditional approach, if one doesn’t find the appropriate HSN code of the scrap item then he might cover it in the residual entry 453 of Schedule III of the notification No.1/2017-Central Tax Rate dated 28th June 2017.