Meesho HSN code for clothes, and when GST is 5% or 18%

Common HSN headings for clothes

HSN is a number that tells the tax office what you sell. The first 2 digits are the chapter, and more digits make it more exact. These are common 4-digit headings:

• 6204: women's suits, dresses, skirts and trousers, not knitted.
• 6206: women's blouses and shirts, not knitted.
• 6211: track suits and other garments, not knitted.
• 6104: women's suits, dresses, skirts and trousers, knitted.
• 6106: women's blouses and shirts, knitted.
• 6109: T-shirts and vests, knitted.
• 6114: other garments, knitted.
• 6203 and 6205: men's suits and trousers, and men's shirts, not knitted.

A kurti has no heading of its own, and guides differ: a woven one under 6204, 6206 or 6211, a knitted one under 6114. So ask your CA which one fits. Sarees and unstitched fabric often sit in other chapters with their own rule, so check the HSN search for them.

How to find the code for your product

1. Knitted or not? That picks the chapter: 61 or 62.
2. Search it on the GST portal's HSN search. Type the heading or the product, and read the description.
3. Pick the line that really describes the piece: women's or men's, the type of garment, the fabric.
4. Show your CA before you list many products, above all for sets such as kurti, pant and dupatta. A set is a real tax question, and we won't guess it for you.

The ₹2,500 rule

In the store we checked, prices stayed well under ₹2,500 and every order was at 5%. We have never seen an 18% order in our files. So we can show you the rule, but not an 18% order from real files.

Check what your files show

Your GST report has the code for each order, and your payment file has the rate:

• Payment file: the Product GST % column.
• GST report: the hsn_code and gst_rate columns in tcs_sales. See the GST report guide.
• Tax invoice zip: the HSN column in the details sheet.

If a code or rate looks wrong, show your CA first, then change the product in your panel. Ask about orders already invoiced, because changing the panel may not fix those. Your panel's form decides how the code is entered, so follow what it shows.

The rate also changes your profit: see Meesho real profit. Selling without a GST number? See selling on Meesho without GST.