How to interpret your result
Your net payout is what actually lands in your bank account — Amazon's selling price minus referral fee, closing fee, and shipping charges, minus the 18% GST charged on those fees, minus 0.5% TCS.
Don't read the GST line as money you lose — it's charged on Amazon's fees, not your revenue, and it's generally available as Input Tax Credit once the invoice shows up in your GSTR-2B. The 0.5% TCS isn't a cost either; it's an advance credit you claim back against your GST liability in GSTR-3B.
If the resulting margin looks thin, run the same product through the Marketplace Profit Calculator to compare Amazon against Flipkart and Meesho before deciding where to list a SKU.
What this calculator shows
Enter your selling price, category, and product cost to see exactly how much Amazon deducts before you get paid — referral fee, closing fee, shipping, 18% GST on all of those fees, and 0.5% TCS — plus your resulting profit margin.
GST on Amazon seller fees
Amazon charges 18% GST on every fee it bills you: referral fee, closing fee, and Easy Ship shipping charges. This isn't a cost you can avoid — but it is generally ITC-eligible, meaning you can claim it back against your output GST liability, provided the invoice shows up in your GSTR-2B. See our GSTR-2A vs GSTR-2B guide for how that reconciliation works.
TCS on Amazon
Separately, Amazon deducts 0.5% TCS under GST from your net sale value and deposits it against your GSTIN monthly. This is a prepaid tax credit, not a fee — you can offset it against your GST liability or claim it as a refund. See our TCS refund guide for the claim process.
Why ₹999 can pay you more than ₹1,000
Amazon charges no referral fee on items priced under ₹1,000. At ₹1,000, the full category rate applies to the whole price, the closing fee moves up a band, and 18% GST is charged on both. So a one-rupee price increase can cut what you keep.
For a Home & Kitchen item (8% referral fee) shipped with Easy Ship at 500 g, with a ₹400 product cost and ₹30 packaging, the calculator above gives:
| Selling price | Amazon pays you | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| ₹999 | ₹929 | ₹499 |
| ₹1,000 | ₹824 | ₹394 |
| ₹1,117 | ₹929 | ₹499 |
You would have to price at ₹1,117 to keep what ₹999 already leaves you. Enter your own category, weight and costs in the calculator above to find your step, and check the fee preview in Seller Central before you reprice.
Sources and assumptions
- Fees: referral, closing and Easy Ship rates are representative defaults based on Amazon's seller fee schedule, including the 0% referral fee on items under ₹1,000 from 16 March 2026. Closing fee is modelled at ₹5–₹50 by price band; Easy Ship at ₹35 for the first 500 g plus ₹15 per extra 500 g. Your actual fees depend on sub-category, weight, delivery zone and fulfilment channel (Easy Ship, FBA or Self Ship) — confirm with the fee preview in Seller Central before you set a price.
- GST on fees: 18%, as billed on Amazon's monthly tax invoice.
- TCS: 0.5% under Section 52 of the CGST Act (rate in force since 10 July 2024). The calculator applies it to the full selling price; the legal base is the taxable value excluding GST, so your actual TCS is slightly lower.
- Not included: the 0.1% Section 194O income-tax TDS the platform also deducts (estimate it with the 194O TDS calculator), advertising, storage, and return-shipping costs.