When you place an order on Upstox, you may incur brokerage and other applicable charges. Here’s a simple breakdown to help you understand them.

Types of charges

Upstox fees

Brokerage: Brokerage is a fee charged by Upstox for each executed order placed.

Charges Levied by Government or Intermediaries (Statutory/Regulatory Requirement)

1. STT/CTT: Securities Transaction Tax and Commodity Transaction Tax is a direct tax levied by the government on transactions and it varies as per the segments.

2. Transaction charges: These charges are levied by the exchanges like BSE, NSE & MCX and are also called Exchange fees or Exchange turnover charges.

3. GST: This is the tax levied by the government on the services rendered and currently is 18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI fees + DP charges).

4. SEBI charges: These charges are levied by SEBI across all segments.

6. Stamp duty: Stamp duty is charged by the government and now the rates are uniform across the states. This tax is applicable only on buy orders.

7. IPFT(NSE): Investor protection Fund trust charges are levied by NSE on Equity(Delivery, Intraday), Futures &Options and currency Futures &Options.

8. DP Charges: DP transaction charges are levied by CDSL on all 'Sell' transactions from your Demat holdings (Equity Delivery). They are charged once per scrip per day. DP charges will be calculated as per your DP plan.

Note: Within the contract note, 'STT - DEL' signifies Securities Transaction Tax charges applicable to delivery transactions, while 'STT - SQUP' indicates Securities Transaction Tax charges for intraday transactions. Charges that have been rounded will be denoted as 'STT-RND'

Brokerage: Basic Plan

Equity	Currency	Commodity
Equity Delivery	Equity Intraday	Equity Futures	Equity Options	Currency Futures	Currency Options	Commodity Futures	Commodity Options
Up to ₹20 per executed order	₹20 or 0.1% per executed order (whichever is lower)	₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)	Flat ₹20 per executed order	₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)	Flat ₹20 per executed order	₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)	Flat ₹20 per executed order

Other statutory and regulatory charges

1. STT/CTT, Transaction charges, GST, SEBI charges, IPFT and Stamp duty.

Equity

Charges	Equity Delivery	Equity Intraday	Equity Futures	Equity Options
STT (Securities Transaction tax)	0.1% on both buy & sell	0.025% only on sell side	0.05% on sell side	0.15% on sell side (Premium)
Transaction Charges	NSE: 0.00307% BSE: Charges vary as per scrip group	NSE: 0.00307% BSE: Charges vary as per scrip group	NSE : 0.00183% BSE: 0	NSE:0.03553% (Premium) BSE: 0.0325% (Premium)
GST	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + demat charges + SEBI charges)	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)
SEBI Charges	₹10 per crore	₹10 per crore	₹10 per crore	₹10 per crore
Stamp Duty	0.015% or ₹1,500 per crore on buy side	0.003% or ₹300 per crore on buy side	0.002% or ₹200 per crore on buy side	0.003% or ₹300 per crore on buy side
IPFT charges in NSE	₹0.01 per crore on Traded value + GST	0.01 per crore on Traded value + GST	₹0.01 per crore on Traded value + GST	₹0.01 per crore on Traded value (On Premium) + GST

Currency
Charges	Currency Futures	Currency Options
STT/CTT	Zero	Zero
Transaction charges	NSE: 0.00035%BSE: 0.00045%	NSE : 0.0311%BSE : 0.001%
GST	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)
SEBI Charges	₹10 per crore on turnover	₹10 per crore on turnover
Stamp Duty	0.0001% or ₹10 per crore on buy-side	0.0001% or ₹10 per crore on buy-side
IPFT charge in NSE	₹0.05 per lakh	₹2 per lakh (Premium)

Commodity
Charges	Commodity Futures	Commodity Options
STT/CTT	0.01% on sell side (non-agri)	0.05% on sell side
Transaction Charges	Nse Exchange 0.0001% MCX : 0.0021%	NSE Exchange : 0.001% MCX : 0.0418%
GST	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)	18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)
SEBI Charges	₹10 per crore on turnover	₹10 per crore on turnover
Stamp Duty	0.002% or ₹200 per crore on buy-side	0.003% or ₹300 per crore on buy-side

DP Charges: ₹20 + GST

Male: CDSL: ₹3.5 Upstox: ₹16.5 and Total: ₹20+ GST

Female: CDSL: ₹3.25 Upstox: ₹16.75 and Total: ₹20 + GST

Note:

• DP charges apply when selling stocks under equity delivery.
• From now on, IPFT charges will be combined with Transaction Charges.

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