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  You pay a shop ₹2,500 by scanning its UPI QR code. A message online says tax will be deducted because the payment crossed ₹2,000. Should you expect an extra deduction? No. The Ministry of Finance has clarified that claims about GST being imposed on UPI transactions over ₹2,000 are false. There is no automatic “UPI payment above 2000 tax” triggered by the size of a bank account UPI payment  UPI Payment Above 2000 Tax .  Why is ₹2,000 mentioned so often? The amount came from a government incentive scheme for eligible UPI payments up to ₹2,000 to small merchants . That incentive was meant to support the payment system. It did not mean customers would be charged tax when paying ₹2,001 or more. The scheme’s published table showed zero merchant discount rate (MDR) for its covered UPI merchant payments both below and above ₹2,000. Tax on a purchase is different from tax on a payment Imagine buying an item with a bill of ₹3,000. If GST applies to that item, the seller’s bill s...