# What Is UTGST, and When Does CGST + UTGST Replace CGST + SGST?

**Category:** GST | **Published:** 2026-06-25 | **Last reviewed:** 2026-06-25 | **Author:** Mrs. Swapna Patel

UTGST, Union Territory GST, is the state-equivalent component of GST levied in a Union Territory that has no legislature of its own. Where an ordinary state charges CGST + SGST on an intra-state supply, such a Union Territory charges CGST + UTGST, levied under the UTGST Act 2017. The mechanics are identical to CGST + SGST: the rate splits in half, one half to the Centre and one half to the Union Territory, and a wrong head fails the same return reconciliation. UTGST applies in Union Territories without a legislature; the Union Territories that do have a legislature (Delhi, Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir) levy SGST through their own GST Acts instead. Inter-state supplies are unaffected; they still carry a single IGST.

> **Myth:** Every intra-state supply is charged as CGST + SGST, everywhere in India.
>
> **Fact:** In a Union Territory without its own legislature, the state half of GST is levied as UTGST under the [UTGST Act 2017](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2368), so the split is CGST + UTGST, not CGST + SGST.

## What is UTGST?

> **Short answer:** UTGST, Union Territory GST, is the state-equivalent half of GST, levied under the [UTGST Act 2017](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2368) in a Union Territory that has no legislature of its own. It plays the role SGST plays in a state.

- GST has a central half (CGST) and a state half. In a state, the state half is SGST; in a legislature-less Union Territory, it is UTGST.
- UTGST is collected by the Union Territory administration, the same way SGST is collected by a state government.
- It exists because such a Union Territory has no state legislature to enact its own State GST Act, so Parliament enacted the UTGST Act to supply the state component.
- The rate and base are identical to SGST; only the levying statute and the recipient of the state half differ.

## When does CGST + UTGST replace CGST + SGST?

> **Short answer:** On an intra-state (here, intra-UT) supply made within a Union Territory that has no legislature: the supply is charged CGST + UTGST instead of CGST + SGST. The same-state test under [Sections 7–8 of the IGST Act](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2367) still decides intra versus inter-state.

- Same place-of-supply test as everywhere: if supplier location and place of supply are in the same Union Territory, the supply is intra-state and carries CGST + UTGST.
- If they are in different states or Union Territories, the supply is inter-state and carries a single IGST, exactly as elsewhere.
- An 18% rate becomes 9% CGST plus 9% UTGST, mirroring the CGST + SGST split.
- Why it matters: the buyer claims credit under the head charged, so a UTGST supply wrongly invoiced as SGST (or vice versa) mismatches at reconciliation, the same risk as any wrong tax head. See [our place-of-supply guide](/answers/gst-place-of-supply-cgst-sgst-vs-igst).

*[Visual: Place-of-supply decision flow: a same-state supply is charged the central tax plus the state-or-UT tax (CGST + SGST, or CGST + UTGST in a legislature-less Union Territory), while a different-state supply is charged a single IGST. — The same intra-state versus inter-state test applies; in a legislature-less Union Territory the state half is UTGST. See the [place-of-supply exhibit](/atlas/cgst-sgst-vs-igst-place-of-supply).]*

## Which Union Territories use UTGST and which use SGST?

> **Short answer:** Union Territories without a legislature levy UTGST; the ones that have a legislature, Delhi, Puducherry, and Jammu and Kashmir, levy SGST through their own State GST Acts instead.

| Territory type | State-half component | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UT without legislature (e.g. Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) | UTGST | No state legislature, so the UTGST Act supplies the state component |
| UT with legislature (Delhi, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir) | SGST | Has its own legislature and State GST Act, so SGST applies as in a state |
| Any state | SGST | State legislature enacts the State GST Act |

*Source: [UTGST Act 2017](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2368). The list of Union Territories and their legislature status can change by constitutional amendment, so confirm a territory's current status before finalising your tax head.*

## Does UTGST change anything on my invoice fields?

> **Short answer:** No, beyond the tax head: the invoice still follows Rule 46, but the state-half line reads UTGST instead of SGST for an intra-UT supply in a legislature-less Union Territory.

- Place of supply remains a mandatory Rule 46 field; it is what flags the supply as intra-UT in the first place. See [what fields a GST tax invoice must carry](/answers/gst-tax-invoice-fields-section-31-rule-46).
- The tax split shows CGST + UTGST rather than CGST + SGST; everything else on the invoice is unchanged.
- For the broader picture of the three (now four) components, see [CGST, SGST and IGST: the three GST components](/answers/cgst-sgst-igst-three-gst-components).
- A [pakka bill generator](/pakka-bill) applies the place-of-supply test and labels the correct state-half head, so an intra-UT supply carries CGST + UTGST from the first download.

**[Generate a GST invoice with the correct CGST + UTGST or SGST split](https://hrareceipt.in/pakka-bill)**

## Primary sources

- [Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 — India Code](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2368) — Levy of UTGST in a Union Territory without a legislature, mirroring SGST.
- [Section 9, Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 (CGST levy) — India Code](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2406) — The central half of GST, levied alongside UTGST on an intra-UT supply just as it is alongside SGST.
- [Sections 7–8, IGST Act 2017 (inter-state vs intra-state supply) — India Code](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2367) — The same-state versus different-state test that decides CGST + UTGST/SGST versus IGST.
- [GST portal — CBIC](https://cbic-gst.gov.in/) — Official reference for the UTGST component and applicable Union Territories.

## Related

- [CGST, SGST, IGST: the three GST components and when each applies](https://hrareceipt.in/answers/cgst-sgst-igst-three-gst-components)
- [Place of supply: does your invoice charge CGST+SGST or IGST?](https://hrareceipt.in/answers/gst-place-of-supply-cgst-sgst-vs-igst)
- [GST tax invoice fields under Section 31 and Rule 46](https://hrareceipt.in/answers/gst-tax-invoice-fields-section-31-rule-46)

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