Do I Need a Hallmark? Checker

Registration follows the seller, not only the maker. If you sell gold jewellery to customers, the outlet selling it is what BIS registers, and buying already-hallmarked stock from a wholesaler does not pass their registration to you. Apply on the BIS portal and read the current fee and validity there — both have changed since 2021.

No. A hallmark certifies the purity of precious metal, and plated brass or alloy has no purity to certify — no BIS mark and no HUID exists for it. Stamping or writing 916 on such stock is a false claim, and marketplaces act on it. Describe it as what it is: brass base, gold plating, with micron thickness if your supplier states it.

BIS fixes a per-article charge — around ₹45 for a gold piece, lower for silver — with a minimum per consignment, so sending two pieces costs far more per piece than sending fifty. Hallmarking billed to a customer as its own service line carries 5% GST; where it is absorbed into a finished piece you hand over ready-made it rides inside that one supply at 3%, like the making does. Bill it as its own line instead of burying it in making, and the rate follows the line.