Can I treat GST as expense?

I am a sole prop. I do not have any input credit. Can I claim the money paid by me towards GST as expense and deduct that from my actual income while filing income tax

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As a sole proprietor without input tax credits, you can indeed treat GST payments as a business expense. Since this GST is paid out of your pocket and cannot be recovered or offset, it directly reduces your taxable income. This means you can deduct the GST amount from your actual income when filing your income tax return.

Yes, you can claim as expense.
If you have paid gst on inputs, and not availing ITC of the same, you can charge it as part of your expense.
Money goes out from your pocket in the form of GST payment and it's not recoverable or adjustable.

So what is it ? it's expense only and it will reduce actual income.

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