Hyderabad's marketplace seller base leans towards categories where product compliance matters as much as tax compliance. Nutraceuticals, ayurvedic and wellness products, pharma-adjacent goods and packaged food all carry FSSAI or licensing obligations alongside GST, and the rate reset of September 2025 hit several of them directly. A seller whose HSN codes were mapped before 22 September 2025 and never revisited is very likely charging the wrong rate today.
Medchal-Malkajgiri, Shamshabad, Kothur and the Outer Ring Road corridor, plus a fast-expanding network of quick-commerce dark stores across Gachibowli, Kukatpally and Madhapur. Stock inside Telangana is added to an existing registration by REG-14 amendment, which takes about fifteen working days and carries no government fee. Stock crossing a state line needs a fresh GSTIN in that state, with its own monthly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filed whether or not anything sold from there that month.
Nutraceuticals and wellness, ayurvedic and personal care, packaged food, pearls and imitation jewellery from the old city trade, and consumer electronics accessories.
The GST 2.0 reset of 22 September 2025 is not a historical footnote for Hyderabad sellers. Slabs collapsed to nil, 5, 18 and 40 per cent, with most of the old 12 per cent basket moving to 5 and most of the old 28 per cent basket moving to 18. Wellness, food and medical product categories moved in several directions at once. Where a seller has a large SKU master and never re-mapped it, the errors run in both directions: undercharged output tax that becomes a demand, and overcharged tax that quietly loses sales to a correctly priced competitor.
Telangana levies professional tax, with nil below the state threshold and a modest monthly deduction above it. The entity's own enrolment is separate from the employer registration.
Hyderabad's pharma-adjacent and nutraceutical exporters should hold IEC, AD Code and a live LUT, and should expect closer scrutiny of export documentation than a general merchandise seller would.
One mechanism is worth getting right, because most published guidance does not. GST TCS is not input tax credit and it does not come through the ITC tables of GSTR-3B. The operator files GSTR-8 by the 10th, the figures appear in the TDS and TCS Credit Received statement on the portal, you accept each record, and the credit reaches your electronic cash ledger only when you file that statement. Acceptance alone does not move it. The statement carries no due date and no late fee, which is precisely why busy sellers drop it and why the money sits there unclaimed, sometimes for years.
| Item | Position for Tax Year 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| GST TCS rate, Section 52 | 0.5 per cent of net taxable supplies, since 10 July 2024 |
| TCS split | 0.25 per cent CGST plus 0.25 per cent SGST, or 0.5 per cent IGST |
| Where TCS credit lands | Electronic cash ledger, only on filing TDS and TCS Credit Received |
| Income tax TDS on payouts | 0.1 per cent, since 1 October 2024 |
| Governing TDS provision | Section 393(1), Table Sl. No. 8(v), Income-tax Act 2025, from 1 April 2026 |
| TDS payment code | 1035, in the quarterly return which is now Form 140 in place of Form 26Q |
| TDS credit statement | Form 168 for Tax Year 2026-27, Form 26AS for earlier years |
| Operator return and due date | GSTR-8, filed by the marketplace by the 10th |
| GSTR-3B outward liability | Auto-populated and non-editable since the July 2025 tax period |
| GST rate slabs | Nil, 5, 18 and 40 per cent, since 22 September 2025 |
| E-invoicing threshold | Aggregate annual turnover above Rs 5 crore |
| Backlog limit | A GSTR-3B cannot be filed more than three years after its due date |
| Plan | Fee | Built for |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Rs 2,499 a month | One marketplace, one GSTIN, up to 300 orders a month |
| Growth | Rs 7,999 a month | Up to three channels and GSTINs, up to 1,500 orders |
| Scale | Rs 19,999 a month | Unlimited channels and orders, multi-state, inventory-led |
| Settlement clean-up | From Rs 9,999 | Prior periods rebuilt from settlement reports |
| Ecommerce books health check | Rs 4,999 | Written report, credited against the first retainer |
The retainer you need is decided by how many channels you sell on and how many GSTINs you hold, not by turnover. Order-volume caps apply on the lower tiers so the entry plan stays a real service rather than a loss-leader.
Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.
All fees and charges listed are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer. Final amounts may vary depending on the volume of work and the complexity involved.
Almost certainly. The 56th GST Council rationalised the slabs to nil, 5, 18 and 40 per cent from 22 September 2025, abolishing the 12 and 28 per cent bands. Most of the 12 per cent basket moved down to 5, most of the 28 per cent basket moved to 18, and a narrow set of luxury and sin categories moved up to 40. A SKU master mapped before that date will contain rates that no longer exist.
FSSAI licensing at the right tier for your turnover, correct HSN classification after the September 2025 reset, and labelling that matches what you have declared. On the accounting side, batch-level inventory matters more in this category than in general merchandise, because expiry-driven write-offs need to hit the books rather than surface as an unexplained stock difference at year end.
Yes. Selling into Blinkit, Zepto or Instamart usually looks commercially more like distribution than marketplace selling, with different margin structures, listing fees and return terms. It needs its own channel in the books rather than being blended into marketplace revenue, or contribution by channel becomes meaningless.
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Reviewed by the CA and CS Team, CorporateWalla · Last updated 17 August 2026 · · Sources: GST portal, Income Tax Department, CBIC
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