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Research, guides and points of view on travel GST, starting with airline GST: the rules, the deadlines, and how to claim every rupee of credit your flights and hotel stays carry.

Featured research · 12 min read

The Credit Corporate India Leaves with the Airlines

Sizing the ₹2,500–3,800 crore pool of airline GST credit, mapping where it leaks, and five actions for CFOs.

₹3,800 crcredit at stake a year
34%lost at booking
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Deadline Watch

The dates that decide whether airline credit is claimed, counted from today. See the full calendar

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11 insights

Article · Hotel GST

Why Hotel GST Credit Goes Missing: Five Patterns

The same five problems explain most of the hotel GST that never becomes credit.

16 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
Article · Hotel GST

Hotel Stays and Place of Supply: Why Credit Gets Stuck in the Wrong State

The hotel’s location decides the tax, and your registration in that state decides whether you can use it.

12 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Article · Hotel GST

Hotel GST E-Invoices: What Finance Teams Can Now Check

What the government e-invoice system lets finance check on every hotel stay, and where its limits are.

6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Point of view · AI and airline GST

AI Does the Volume. People Do the Judgment.

Where machines help a tax team, where they should stop, and why the line between the two is the whole point.

24 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Guide · Deadlines

The Airline GST Calendar

The monthly and yearly dates that decide how much airline credit you claim, in one place.

20 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Point of view · Airline GST

Claiming Is Not Compliance

Filing on time keeps you safe. It doesn’t bring airline credit back. Why finance teams need both.

18 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Article · AI and airline GST

Before You Let AI Near Your Tax Data: Six Questions

A short checklist for CFOs weighing AI tools or providers for tax work.

17 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
Article · Airline GST

What the 5% and 18% Airfare Rates Mean for Your Input Credit

How the September 2025 change splits eligibility by cabin class, and the checks to run now.

15 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Point of view · Airline GST

Why Yearly Reconciliation Leaves Money Behind

The case for monthly monitoring, and what it recovers that a year-end clean-up cannot.

4 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Guide · Deadlines

The 30 November Deadline: What to Claim Before FY 2025–26 Closes

A short list of what finance teams should check in the weeks before the time limit.

1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
Article · AI and airline GST

How AI Changes the Economics of Airline GST

When systems do the collection and matching, small tickets become worth claiming.

21 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

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