Bulk gifts for manufacturing plants

Not any more, and this catches people out. The ₹5,000 figure came from Rule 3(7)(iv) of the old Income-tax Rules 1962. Under the Income-tax Rules 2026, in force from 1 April 2026, a gift in kind to an employee or a member of their household is exempt while the year's total stays well under ₹15,000 (Rule 15(5)(a), Table IV). It is a threshold and not a deduction: cross it and the whole aggregate becomes a taxable perquisite, so it is the total across the year that matters, not any one gift. Gifts on this page run ₹300 to ₹3,000, so a single occasion sits comfortably inside it. Your payroll team should still add up the year.

No, and mixing the two is the usual mistake. ₹50,000 per employee per financial year is the GST line: below it a gift from employer to employee is outside GST, above it it becomes a supply under Schedule I of the CGST Act. The ₹15,000 figure is income tax and perquisite valuation. They are different taxes, different thresholds, and they do not cancel each other out.

No, and your HR team may need to say so plainly. Bonus is a statutory entitlement under the Payment of Bonus Act 1965, between 8.33 and 20 per cent for eligible employees, and it is paid in money. A gift is discretionary and in kind. One cannot be set off against the other, and a gift does not reduce what the Act requires. Worth having that written down before the works committee asks.

Plan on the cautious answer. Section 17(5)(h) of the CGST Act blocks credit on goods disposed of by way of gift, and in October 2024 the Madras High Court refused credit on goods bought for sales promotion (ARS Steels and Alloy International vs State Tax Officer). Treat the landed cost as your real cost and let your CA take the position. You get a proper invoice with your GSTIN and the HSN code on every line.

Yes, and that is the normal shape here: one approval, one artwork, many addresses. Send the list with the count per plant and we deliver to each one with proof of delivery. Headcount that each plant reports differently is the usual complication, so give us the numbers you want packed and we will label the cartons by site.

Tell us and we pack for it. Cartons can be split by shift, by department or by gate so nobody is handing out from one pile across twenty four hours. Most plants have no spare storage, so we can also stage the delivery closer to the date rather than dropping everything a fortnight early.

That happens more often than people expect, and it is worth planning for. Ayudha Puja and Dussehra fall about three weeks before Diwali, so a southern plant that garlands its machines wants the gift in hand while head office is still planning for the later date. One order can ship in two waves against the same artwork and the same invoice. Tell us both dates when you enquire.

We quote from 50 pieces and have run 50,000. Fifty is realistic for a single unit or one department. There is no separate setup fee at the small end, though the price a gift comes down as the quantity rises, because branding is a fixed cost per design however many pieces it covers.

Six to eight weeks before the date you need it. Every plant in the country is buying into the same few weeks before the festival season, which is when transport gets tight and choice narrows. The four day promise holds inside that window when the product is in stock, and if it has to be produced fresh we give you the real date before you order rather than after.