VAT State Codes (All States)

VAT State Codes for all states

“INDIA” is world’s largest federal nature democracy consist colorful States and Union Territories. Here Central and State / UT both needs revenue for their owned constitutional objects. In step of reforms in State level taxation system for levy taxes on sale or purchase of goods, the States and Union Territories has already implemented taxation system namely “Value Added Tax” and now preparing for “Goods and Service Tax” (GST). The Tax Payer's Identification Number (TIN) is new unique registration number that is used for identification of the dealers registered under VAT. It consists of 11 digit numerals and will be unique throughout the country. First two digit of TIN No. (out of 11 digit) is represented the State Code. By this, on the basis of first two digit of TIN No. one can easily identify that TIN No is from which State. The given below is the list of State along with their State code and other relevant information. This arrangement of States code is designed by the Census of India and the same is adopted by the States/UT's. This may also help us in filing CST e-Returns.

Sr. No.	Name of State or Union Territories	Type	State Code used for VAT / TIN	First 2 Digit of Transport of State	State Capital
1	Jammu and Kashmir	State	01	JK	Srinagar / Jammu
2	Himachal Pradesh	State	02	HP	Shimla
3	Punjab	State	03	PB	Chandigarh
4	Chandigarh	UT	04	CH	Chandigarh
5	Uttarakhand	State	05	UA	Dehradun
6	Haryana	State	06	HR	Chandigarh
7	Delhi	UT	07	DL	Delhi
8	Rajasthan	State	08	RJ	Jaipur
9	Uttar Pradesh	State	09	UP	Lucknow
10	Bihar	State	10	BR	Patna
11	Sikkim	State	11	SK	Gangtok
12	Arunachal Pradesh	State	12	AR	Itanagar
13	Nagaland	State	13	NL	Kohima
14	Manipur	State	14	MN	Imphal
15	Mizoram	State	15	MZ	Aizawal
16	Tripura	State	16	TR	Agartala
17	Meghalaya	State	17	ML	Shillong
18	Assam	State	18	AS	Dispur
19	West Bengal	State	19	WB	Kolkota
20	Jharkhand	State	20	JH	Ranchi
21	Orissa	State	21	OR	Bhuwaneshwar
22	Chhattisgarh	State	22	CG	Raipur
23	Madhya Pradesh	State	23	MP	Bhopal
24	Gujrat	State	24	GJ	Gandhinagar
25	Daman and Diu	UT	25	DD	Daman
26	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	UT	26	DN	Silvassa
27	Maharashtra	State	27	MH	Mumbai
28	Andhra Pradesh	State	28	AP	Hyderabad
29	Karnataka	State	29	KA	Bangalore
30	Goa	State	30	GA	Panaji
31	Lakshadweep	UT	31	LD	Kavaratti
32	Kerala	State	32	KL	Tiruvananthapuram
33	Tamilnadu	State	33	TN	Chennai
34	Pondichery	UT	34	PY	Puducherry
35	Andaman and Nicobar	UT	35	AN	Port Blair