HSN Classification
HSN 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Classification level: Chapter. Use this as a GST code-reference page and confirm rate/exemption treatment from current notifications before final filing.
Code details
- Code Type
- HSN
- Code
- 22
- Official Description
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Tax guide notes
- - GST rate is not embedded in HSN/SAC master data. Confirm the latest rate from GST rate notifications and official CBIC schedules.
- - Invoice accuracy matters: use the code that best matches the principal supply description to reduce notices and mismatch risk.
- - If supplies include both goods and services, document the dominant nature of supply before selecting HSN/SAC.
Compliance checklist
- - Keep product/service description on invoice aligned with the selected HSN/SAC code.
- - Review code selection whenever scope of work or product mix changes.
- - Cross-check applicable GST rate, exemptions, and reverse-charge conditions before filing returns.
Related codes
WATERS, INCLUDING NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL MINERAL WATERS AND AERATED WATERS, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER NOR FLAVOURED; ICE AND SNOW
WATERS, INCLUDING MINERAL WATERS AND AERATED WATERS, CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER OR FLAVOURED, AND OTHER NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT INCLUDING FRUIT, NUT OR VEGETABLE JUICES OF HEADING 2008
BEER MADE FROM MALT
WINE OF FRESH GRAPES, INCLUDING FORTIFIED WINES, GRAPE MUST OTHER THAN THAT OF HEADING 2008
VERMOUTH AND OTHER WINE OF FRESH GRAPES FLAVOURED WITH PLANTS OR AROMATIC SUBSTANCES
OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, CIDER, PERRY, MEAD SAKE), MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
Continue exploring GST guides
You do the earning.
We do the filing.
Handled — by real CAs, not robots.
start now, and
forget about taxes
