Every time you place an order on Upstox, you may be charged brokerage and a few other charges. Here’s a breakdown of them all.

Types of charges

Upstox fees.

1. Brokerage - Brokerage is levied by Upstox on each order placed. Upstox has a flat fee structure and brokerage charges have an upper ceiling of ₹20 /order for all segments.

Government/Intermediaries levied (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

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	0.02% on sell side	0.1% on sell side (Premium)
Transaction Charges	NSE - 0.00297% Note : BSE charges vary as per the stock (scrip) group	NSE - 0.00297% Note : BSE charges vary as per the stock (scrip) group	NSE - 0.00173%BSE - NIL	NSE - 0.03503% (Premium)BSE - 0.0325%
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	₹0.10 per lakh	₹0.10 per lakh	₹0.10 per lakh	₹0.50 per lakh (Premium)

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	0.010% on sell side (non-agri)	0.05% on sell side
Transaction Charges	Exchange Turnover charges 0.0021%	Exchange turnover charge: 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

2. 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.

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