Masonry services, including stone masonry services and masonry construction services, are treated as works contract or civil engineering services under GST. Earlier, different ways of billing labour and material or combining masonry with other building work sometimes led to different effective tax outcomes for similar jobs, which complicated costing and tax planning.
After the September 2025 changes, most masonry and brickwork services under SAC 995456 generally fall in the 18 percent slab with
input tax credit
. This standard rate applies where masonry work is provided as part of a works contract, unless a specific notification grants concessional treatment for a particular government or social sector scheme.
The table below summarises the present GST rate for services under SAC code 995456.