{"id":102,"date":"2018-05-21T09:38:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T09:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/21\/apply-indian-gst-in-magento\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:35:38","slug":"apply-indian-gst-in-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/apply-indian-gst-in-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Apply Indian GST in Magento"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Goods and Service T<\/a>ax<\/a> is the largest tax reform in India. Introduced on July 01, 2017, it is compulsory for every business to follow the GST rules and Magento is no exception. Magento dominates E-commerce, and with the advent of GST in India, Magento store owners are looking for the ways to configure it in their stores. If you own a Magento store and are yet fumbling for GST implementation, you are at the right place. Read the tutorial to learn how to apply Indian GST in Magento<\/strong><\/em> with tax rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, the store owners need to find the GST rates under which their products fall. Refer GST Rate Finder<\/a> to decide the GST rates of your products. Once this task is done, proceed with the given method below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, in the blog, consider the GST rate as 12% and business origin as Gujarat state to better understand the steps. Business origin play vital role in calculating CGST-SGST, or IGST.  If the selling is performed Intra-state i.e Gujarat to Gujarat, CGST (69%) and SGST (6%) will be applied and equally divided to make GST. However, if the selling is performed Inter-State i.e states other than Gujarat, IGST (12%) will be applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s dig into the steps to apply GST in Magento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps to apply Indian GST in Magento<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. First of all, navigate to Sales > Tax > Product Tax Classes<\/strong> and click Add New<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"1_Create-Product-Tax-Class\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Name the product tax class as GST to easily identify the tax class while creating tax rules and rates for all 3 SGST, CGST, and IGST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2_Set-Class-Name\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3. Before creating tax rates, follow this guide to install states script<\/a> to get auto state selection for Indian states. Now navigate to Sales > Tax > Manage Tax Zones & Rates <\/strong>to create tax rates for CGST, SGST, and IGST. While creating tax rates, set 6% of rate and Gujarat as the business origin for both CGST and SGST. And for IGST, you have to create 28 rates of 12% IGST for all the states other than Gujarat to make GST work for all the states of India. Click save once all the rates have been created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"3_Create-Tax-Rate\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4. Once all the 3 tax rates are created, they can be seen enlisted under Sales > Tax > Manage Tax Zones & Rates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"4_Saved-Tax-Rates\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5. Whenever the selling is performed intra-state, SGST and CGST are equally divided into two halves of the whole rate of the GST, i.e., 6% to make the complete 12%.
As per the government rule, sellers have to bifurcate CGST, SGST and IGST separately in order details and invoices for every single order. To split CGST-SGST equally into two, you have to custom code as below.
Go to app\/design\/frontend\/base\/default\/template\/tax\/checkout\/tax.phtml<\/strong> and find the blow code at line number 54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<?php if ($isFirst): ?>\n                <td <?php echo $this->getValueProperties()?> rowspan=\" 1 <?php echo count($rates); ?>\">\n                    <?php echo $_order->formatPrice($amount); ?>\n                <\/td>\n<?php endif; ?><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Replace the above code with this to bifurcate CGST-SGST on cart and checkout page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<?php \/\/if ($isFirst): ?>\n               <td style=\"<?php echo $_style ?>\" class=\"a-right\" rowspan=\"1 <?php \/\/echo count($rates); ?>\">\n                   <?php echo $this->helper('checkout')->formatPrice($amount \/ ($percent\/(float)$rate['percent'])); ?>\n               <\/td>\n<?php \/\/endif; ?><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
6. Now create tax rules from Sales > Tax > Manage Tax Rules <\/strong>for all the 3 CGST, SGST and IGST. Select product tax class as GST and tax rate for each of them respectively as created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"5_Create-Tax-Rule\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
7. Once tax rules are created and saved, they can be seen enlisted under Sales > Tax > Manage Tax Rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"6_Saved-Tax-Rules\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
8. Enable the \u201cDisplay Full Tax Summary<\/strong>\u201d in System > Configuration > Sales > Tax > Shopping Cart Display Settings <\/strong>to show detailed tax summary with the bifurcation of CGST-SGST and IGST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"7_Tax-Summary\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
9. To assign tax class as GST to all the products, simply go to Catalog > Manage Products<\/strong>, select all the products, select Update Attributes<\/strong> from the Action<\/strong> drop-down, go to Tax Class<\/strong>, tick Change<\/strong> and set GST<\/strong> from the drop-down and save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"8_Update-Attributes\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
10. To test the above steps and proper implementation of GST in Magento, add a product to cart and select the country as India and state as Gujarat. You will see the SGST and CGST tax rate applied on order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"9_SGST-CGST-Applied-on-Order\n\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
11. To test the IGST, select a different state in the above step. The below image shows the calculation of IGST when Goa state is chosen.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"10_IGST-applied-on-order\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Follow all these steps to apply Indian GST in Magento<\/strong><\/em>! But to make it work for all the Indian states, you have to create 28 IGST tax rates which are really a tiresome task. Moreover, the process is more complicated if you have products which belong to multiple tax rate slabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are not really ready to try your hands on creating these many tax rates and put yourself in trouble, No Worries :), you can have a look at our Magento GST India<\/a> extension which is the ultimate module for auto calculation of Indian GST in your Magento store! Try our Free GST Calculator<\/a> to calculate the GST rates more accurately in a precise way. Adding GST in Magento using this extension is as easy as ABC, just take a look at the features the extension serve and try the live demo to test before you buy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me know which of the choices you will prefer to Apply Indian GST in Magento. In either case, if you stuck somewhere, I\u2019ll be happy to help as always!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Award 5 stars to my GST guide if found helpful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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