HSN code 85172100 is the 8-digit tariff item for fascimile machines (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks), under heading 8517 and sub-heading 851721 (Chapter 85). GST is 18%: 9% CGST + 9% SGST within a state, or 18% IGST to another state. Rates as of 2026-10-21.
HSN 85172100 at a glance
| Tariff item (8 digits) | 85172100 |
|---|---|
| Heading (4 digits) | 8517: Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8527 |
| Sub-heading (6 digits) | 851721 |
| Chapter | 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
| Description | Fascimile machines (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) |
| GST rate | 18% |
| Within the state | 9% CGST + 9% SGST (or UTGST) |
| To another state | 18% IGST |
9/2025-CT(R), Schedule II, S. No. 490 (HSN 8517) covers "All goods" at 18%.
The rate entry for this code
The description is the notification's own wording. An entry applies only when the goods match it.
| HSN scope | Description of goods | GST | CGST + SGST | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8517 | All goods | 18% | 9% + 9% | 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule II, S. No. 490 |
Worked example: a ₹1,000 sale under HSN 85172100
Taxable value ₹1,000.00. Within your state: CGST ₹90.00 + SGST ₹90.00 = ₹180.00, invoice total ₹1,180.00. To a buyer in another state: IGST ₹180.00, the same total.
For other amounts, or to work back from a tax-inclusive price, use the GST calculator.
How many HSN digits to print on the invoice
Notification 78/2020-Central Tax sets the minimum by aggregate turnover in the previous financial year: up to ₹5 crore, at least 4 digits (8517) on tax invoices to registered buyers (optional on B2C invoices); above ₹5 crore, at least 6 digits (851721) on all tax invoices. Exports and imports are declared on the shipping bill or bill of entry under the full 8-digit tariff item (85172100), so most exporters print 8 digits on their GST invoices too.
The HSN-wise summary in GSTR-1 uses the same code, so set it once on the item in your billing software. FundRaksha Book stores the HSN and GST rate on each item, splits CGST, SGST and IGST on every bill, and keeps stock and party ledgers alongside.
Other tariff items under heading 8517
- HSN 85171110: Push button type (line telephone sets with cordless handsets) (18%)
- HSN 85171190: Line telephone sets with cordless handsets: other (18%)
- HSN 85171210: Push button type (telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, telephone sets... (18%)
- HSN 85171211: Mobils phone, other than push button type (18%)
- HSN 85171219: Mobile phone, push button type (18%)
- HSN 85171290: Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, telephone sets, including telephones for... (18%)
- HSN 85171300: Smartphones (18%)
- HSN 85171400: Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks (18%)
- HSN 85171810: Push button type (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85171911: Push button type (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85171912: Rotary dial type (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85171919: Telephone sets: other (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85171920: Videophones (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85172200: Teleprinters (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85173000: Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless... (18%)
- HSN 85175010: Plcc equipment (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85175020: Voice frequency telegraphy (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85175030: Modems (modulators-demodulators) (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular... (18%)
- HSN 85175040: High bit rate digital subscriber line system (hdsl) (telephone sets, including smartphones and other... (18%)
- HSN 85175050: Digital loop carrier system (dlc) (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular... (18%)
- HSN 85175060: Synchronous digital hierarchy system (sdh) (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for... (18%)
- HSN 85175070: Multiplexer, statistical multiplexer (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for... (18%)
- HSN 85175091: Isdn terminals (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
- HSN 85175092: Isdn terminal adapters (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks) (18%)
See every rate entry for the heading on the HSN 8517 page, or all Chapter 85 headings.
Sources
Codes and descriptions: GSTN HSN master (HSN_SAC.xlsx, sheet HSN_MSTR), GST portal, file dated 13.10.2026, read on 21.10.2026; descriptions were converted from capitals and joined with their heading and sub-heading text. Rates: Rates from Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), 17.09.2025, as amended by Notification 19/2025-Central Tax (Rate) (from 01.02.2026) and Notification 01/2026-Central Tax (Rate) (from 01.05.2026); nil-rated goods from Notification 10/2025-Central Tax (Rate); bricks from Notification 14/2025-Central Tax (Rate).