GST rate amendments alter taxable classifications and insert new tariff entries, changing tax applicability on specified goods. Amendments to the Andhra Pradesh GST notification, effective 13 October 2017, reclassify specified goods across the 2.5%, 6%, 9% and 14% schedules by inserting, substituting and omitting tariff entries; add product definitions (including e waste and certain medicaments); adjust branding and packaging rules for unit packaged ready to consume goods with an affidavit mechanism in the ANNEXURE for owners foregoing actionable claims; and make technical substitutions for fuels, waste materials, textile threads and specified parts to realign tax applicability.