Special trade construction services, such as flooring, glazing and cladding contracts, are treated as works contract or building completion services under GST. Earlier, different ways of splitting labour and material or clubbing these services with main construction sometimes led to different effective tax outcomes for similar jobs, which made costing and comparison difficult for contractors and clients.
After the September 2025 rationalisation, most special trade construction services under SAC 995458 generally fall in the 18% slab with input tax credit. This standard rate applies where the contractor provides specialised construction activities as part of a works contract, unless a specific notification grants concessional treatment for a particular public or social sector scheme.
The table below shows the latest standard GST rate for SAC code 995458.