GST on Electronics — TVs, ACs & Appliances Now at 18%

The biggest consumer win of GST 2.0: large appliances — TVs (all sizes), air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers — dropped from 28% to 18% in September 2025. That's roughly a 7.8% price cut on the same pre-tax value. Calculate the GST inside any electronics price, and what the same item would have cost under the old rate.

📺 GST in an Electronics Price

Price you pay (₹, GST included)

Item

GST in this price

18% slab

Pre-tax value

Old-rate price (28%)

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Electronics GST Rates: Before vs After GST 2.0

Item	Before 22 Sep 2025	Now (2026)	Change
Television (all sizes, incl. above 32")	28%	18%	↓ ~7.8% cheaper
Air conditioner	28%	18%	↓ ~7.8% cheaper
Refrigerator	28%	18%	↓ ~7.8% cheaper
Washing machine / dishwasher	28%	18%	↓ ~7.8% cheaper
Laptop / desktop / tablet	18%	18%	No change
Smartphone	18%	18%	No change
Camera, headphones, speakers	18%	18%	No change

Why ~7.8% and not 10%? Because the 10-point rate cut applies to the pre-tax value. An appliance with a ₹40,000 base went from ₹51,200 (at 28%) to ₹47,200 (at 18%) — a ₹4,000 saving, which is 7.8% of the old price.

GST on iPhone in 2026

An iPhone — like every smartphone — carries 18% GST in 2026, unchanged by GST 2.0 (phones were already at 18%). On an iPhone with a ₹80,000 pre-tax value, GST is ₹14,400, so the price you pay is ₹94,400. The MRP you see in stores already includes this 18%, so use the reverse GST calculator to find the base value from the MRP.

GST on laptops in India

Laptops, desktops and tablets are taxed at 18% GST, also unchanged. On a ₹60,000 laptop the GST is ₹10,800. If you are a GST-registered business buying a laptop for work, the entire ₹10,800 is claimable as input tax credit.

GST on air conditioners and the savings vs the old 28% rate

Air conditioners dropped from 28% to 18% under GST 2.0 — one of the biggest winners. A ₹50,000 (pre-tax) AC now costs ₹59,000 instead of ₹64,000 at the old 28% rate, a saving of ₹5,000. The same maths applies to a ₹50,000 TV: ₹5,000 cheaper than before. Refrigerators and washing machines see identical savings.

Buying Tips After the Rate Cut

Check the invoice slab. Some retailers kept old price stickers. The GST line on a 2026 invoice for a TV or AC must read 18% — not 28%.
MRP includes GST. If a printed MRP predates September 2025, the seller should be discounting it; you cannot be charged above MRP either way.
Business buyers: the full 18% is claimable as input tax credit if the appliance is for business use and you're GST-registered.

Frequently Asked Questions

18% for televisions of all sizes. Before GST 2.0 (22 September 2025), TVs above 32 inches were taxed at 28%; the reform moved them to 18%, cutting prices roughly 7.8%.

No. Laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones were already in the 18% slab before the reform and stayed there. The GST 2.0 price cuts applied mainly to large appliances that were previously at 28%.

₹50,000 ÷ 1.18 = ₹42,373 pre-tax value, so the GST is ₹7,627. Under the old 28% rate the same AC would have cost about ₹54,237 — GST 2.0 saves you ₹4,237.

Only if you're a GST-registered business buying for business use — then the 18% is claimable as input tax credit with a proper tax invoice in the business's name. Salaried individuals cannot claim GST back on personal purchases.