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GST Calculator

Add GST to a price or extract GST from a GST-inclusive amount.

Base Amount

₹1,000

GST (18%)

₹180

Total

₹1,180

CGST ₹90 + SGST ₹90

Complete Guide

About the GST Calculator

Add GST to a base price or pull it back out of a tax-inclusive bill — both directions, instantly. This free GST calculator runs entirely in your browser, so your pricing and invoice figures never leave your device. Shop owners use it to build quotations with clean pre-tax amounts, freelancers check what slice of a client payment is actually tax, and buyers see how much GST hides inside an MRP before comparing prices. Pick one of the standard slabs or type a custom rate, enter the amount, and read the base, tax and total together.

How the two directions work

Every GST question runs one of two ways. Adding tax to an exclusive price is plain multiplication: GST = base × rate ÷ 100. An 18% slab on ₹10,000 adds ₹1,800 and bills ₹11,800. Extracting tax from an inclusive figure is where most mistakes happen, because the tax already sits inside the number — you divide rather than subtract. The base equals the amount ÷ (1 + rate ÷ 100), and GST is simply whatever remains. Subtracting 18% directly from an ₹11,800 bill gives ₹9,676, which is wrong by more than ₹300; the true taxable value is ₹10,000. The percentage must apply to the smaller pre-tax figure, never the larger total. For invoicing, the tool also shows the intra-state breakup. A sale within one state splits GST evenly into CGST and SGST — two halves printed as separate lines on the invoice — while a sale across state lines carries the whole amount as IGST instead. The buyer pays identical tax either way; only the paperwork changes.

Picking the right slab

Indian GST runs from nil up to 28%. Fresh produce and unbranded staples sit at zero; rough precious stones carry 0.25%; gold jewellery sits at 3%; most goods and services fall under 5%, 12% or 18%; and luxury items top out at 28%. The four buttons cover the everyday slabs, and the rate box beside them accepts anything — type 3 for gold, 0.25 for rough gems, or a combined effective percentage if your item also attracts cess. One caution bears repeating: classifications move through Council notifications, and near-identical products can land in different slabs depending on brand status, composition or intended use. Check your product's HSN code (goods) or SAC code (services) against the current CBIC schedule rather than copying whatever the shop next door charges.

Pricing mistakes this avoids

The classic shopkeeper error is quoting a tax-inclusive number as if it were exclusive. If your margin works at ₹10,000 net and you say "ten thousand plus GST" when you meant ten thousand including GST, an 18% invoice quietly hands roughly ₹1,525 of your own margin to the department. The mirror trap catches buyers comparing quotes: ₹11,800 charged at 18% and ₹11,800 charged at 12% are not the same offer until the tax is stripped out of both. Discounts deserve care too — apply them to the base price before adding GST, not to the taxed total, otherwise the discount itself distorts the tax arithmetic on your invoice. And remember that MRP labels on packaged goods are printed inclusive of GST, so extracting rather than adding is usually the right move at a shop counter. This page is general education, not tax advice; filings and input credits need your chartered accountant.

Worked Example

Real numbers, start to finish

A design studio in Pune bills a client ₹40,000 for services before tax, charged at the standard 18% slab. In Add GST mode the tool multiplies once and shows the invoice should read ₹47,200, splitting the tax into equal CGST and SGST halves since both parties are in the same state. The next day the studio receives a software subscription bill of ₹11,800 that already includes 18% GST. Switching to Remove GST mode divides instead of subtracting and recovers the real figures underneath.

ScenarioBaseGST @ 18%Total
Invoice raised (add): ₹40,000 exclusive₹40,000₹7,200₹47,200
Bill received (remove): extract from ₹11,800₹10,000₹1,800₹11,800

Both directions at 18% GST

On its own invoice the studio collects ₹7,200 of tax to remit — ₹3,600 CGST plus ₹3,600 SGST. On the incoming bill, only ₹10,000 of the ₹11,800 is genuine cost; the remaining ₹1,800 is tax it can claim back as input credit if registered under GST. Reading both directions correctly stops the studio padding quotations by accident and overstating expenses by exactly the tax inside them.

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Switching between Add and Remove modes while typing a ₹10,000 amount, showing the base, GST and total cards update live along with the CGST/SGST split as each slab button is pressed.

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Simple Step-by-Step Guide

How to Use GST Calculator Online

Follow these simple steps to use GST Calculator securely in your web browser.

  1. 1

    Select Add or Remove GST

    Choose Add GST for pre-tax base prices or Remove GST to extract taxable value from a total bill.

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  2. 2

    Enter Amount & Rate

    Type the amount and select 5%, 12%, 18%, 28% or enter a custom rate.

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  3. 3

    Click to Calculate Split

    Click calculate to view base amount, total GST, final amount, and 50/50 CGST and SGST equal split.

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Technical Specs

Features & Specifications

Formulas

Exclusive: Base * (r/100) | Inclusive: Total / (1 + r/100)

Currency

Indian Rupee (INR ₹)

Tax Breakup

Equal 50/50 CGST + SGST Calculation

Privacy Status

100% In-Browser Local Processing

100% Free & Private In-Browser Processing

Rupix operates on a zero-upload architecture. All computations, file parsing, and transformations occur locally inside your web browser. No document bytes, sensitive text, or personal data are ever uploaded or transmitted to remote servers.

Highlights

Why use Rupix GST Calculator?

Inclusive & Exclusive Modes

Adds GST to pre-tax prices or reverses GST from total billed amounts without rounding errors.

CGST and SGST Split

Displays equal 50/50 intra-state tax breakup ready for invoice generation.

Standard Indian Slabs

Preset 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28% buttons plus custom percentage input.

Q&A

Frequently Asked Questions

Divide the total by (1 + rate ÷ 100) to get the base, then subtract the base from the total for the GST. For ₹11,800 at 18%: 11,800 ÷ 1.18 = ₹10,000 base and ₹1,800 GST. Subtracting 18% straight off gives ₹9,676, which wrongly taxes the tax.
Within one state the tax splits equally into CGST (centre) and SGST (state), shown as separate halves on the invoice. Between states the entire amount goes to the centre as IGST. The total tax paid is identical; only the division between governments changes.
The main slabs are 0%, 0.25%, 3%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. Essentials such as fresh food sit at nil, rough gems carry 0.25%, precious metals 3%, and most everyday goods and services fall between 5% and 18%. The buttons cover the common slabs; type any other rate into the custom box.
Rates depend on the HSN code (goods) or SAC code (services) and change through Council notifications. Look the code up in the current CBIC schedule or ask your accountant — visually similar products can legally sit in different slabs.
MRPs on packaged goods are printed inclusive of GST, so the shelf price already contains the tax. Use Remove GST mode to see the taxable value hiding inside a tagged price instead of adding tax a second time.
It applies one flat rate per calculation. If your item attracts compensation cess on top of GST, either compute the effective combined percentage and enter that, or run the two steps separately and add the results.
No. Every calculation happens locally in your browser — nothing is sent, logged or stored, and there is no sign-up. Refresh the page and nothing remains.