Enter your hire billing and the vehicles you're buying — see whether 5% or 18% GST keeps more money, and what taking credit locks you into.

v1 — first publication 2026-11-04.

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Cab Hire GST — 5% or 18%?

by CA Karan Gupta

Enter your hire billing and the vehicles you're buying — see whether 5% or 18% GST keeps more money, and what taking credit locks you into.

Last statutory update: 4 Nov 2026 — v1 — first publication 2026-11-04.

Statutory context

Notification 11/2017-CT(Rate), heading 9964 item (vi) and heading 9966 item (i), as amended by Notification 15/2025-CT(Rate) w.e.f. 22 Sep 2025 (5% with same-line credit only, or 18% with full credit); CGST Act s.17(5)(a) and (b); Notification 13/2017-CT(Rate) Sl. 15 (reverse charge on renting of motor vehicles to a body corporate).

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