Bulk corporate gifts for paint brands

Invoices show both GSTINs, HSN-wise breakup, per-unit value. Steel table and kitchen articles (HSN 7323) are 5 percent, vacuum flasks and insulated thermoware (HSN 9617) 18 percent. Section 17(5)(h) blocks credit on goods disposed of as gifts. Goods issued against a published scheme entitlement are treated differently by most brands. Your CA call, not ours.

The rule on benefits and perquisites, which used to be Section 194R and now sits in the Income-tax Act 2025, applies 10 percent TDS once one recipient's aggregate crosses 20,000 rupees in a financial year, and 20 percent where they have no PAN. Painter, contractor and dealer gifting sits under it. Employee gifting does not; salary rules apply. Only you can total that annual per-recipient aggregate. Our invoices carry the per-unit value and our delivery records are per recipient address, so your finance team has what it needs to track it. Information, not tax advice.

No. Every figure we quote is per gift and includes GST. Section 17(5)(h) blocks input tax credit on goods disposed of as gifts, so for most schemes the tax is a real cost rather than something you recover, and quoting it separately would understate what the gift costs you. The invoice still shows the tax and the HSN code line by line. Goods issued against a published scheme entitlement are treated differently by most brands, which is your CA's call rather than ours.

We quote from 50 units. Most programmes run between 500 and 10,000. A national painter scheme is far larger, so we quote a slice: one state painter meet, one quarterly bonus tier. Small runs are possible, but the price per gift rises, because branding setup costs the same whether it covers 50 pieces or 5,000.

Count backwards from the day goods must be redeemable at the dealer counter. For most schemes that is several weeks earlier, and the gifting trade is generally full by then. Four days from a confirmed order to delivery applies to stocked product. A fresh production run at the manufacturer takes longer; we tell you before you commit.

Normal for a painter scheme. You send one address list and one purchase order. We bill each consignment against the state GSTIN you nominate, raise the e-way bill per consignment, and return proof of delivery per point. Tier 2 and tier 3 pincodes cost more than metros; that delivery cost is already inside the price we quote.

Across hundreds of small-town addresses a few pieces will always arrive damaged. Report the shortfall with the delivery docket and we replace those pieces at our cost. On large runs going to many addresses we send a few spare pieces for the same reason, so a replacement does not wait on a fresh order.

Sweets suit quick, contained distribution: one city or state, sent close to the occasion. Boxes are packed for us just before we send them, not held in stock, and each carries the packing date, best before date and allergen declaration, since most contain nuts. Where a box may sit for weeks, we recommend steel, non-stick or thermoware.