NPCI reassures small businesses over new UPI tax treatment

The National Payments Corporation of India has reassured small businesses that recent changes to UPI merchant fee regulations will not increase costs or impose additional burdens on low-turnover traders, amid concerns over GST implications.

The National Payments Corporation of India has moved to calm fears that a new tax treatment on Unified Payments Interface merchant fees will hit small businesses, saying the change will not raise the cost of everyday digital payments or add a new burden for low-turnover traders.

In a statement posted on X and repeated on its website, NPCI said recent claims linking Goods and Services Tax to UPI merchant discount rate were गलत? Need English UK only. Let’s rewrite cleanly.

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