Barcode Scanner HSN Code

The HSN (Harmonized System of Nomenclature) code for barcode scanners is typically 8471. This code is used for automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form, and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included.

Here’s a breakdown:

• 84: Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 71: Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form, and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included

For GST purposes in India, barcode scanners classified under HSN code 8471 are generally subject to an 18% GST rate.