As per Rule 48(4) of the CGST Rules, notified class of registered persons have to prepare invoice by uploading specified particulars of invoice (in FORM GST INV-01) on Invoice Registration Portal (IRP) and obtain an Invoice Reference Number (IRN). After following above ‘e-invoicing’ process, the invoice copy containing inter alia, the IRN (with QR Code) issued by the notified supplier to buyer is commonly referred to as ‘e-Invoice’ in GST.
Taxpayers with Aggregate Annual Turnover of more than Rs 10 Cr have been covered under ambit of GST e-invoicing from 01st October, 2022 vide Notification No. 17/2022-Central Tax dated 01.08.2022. The initial limit of turnover at time of inception of e-invoicing was Rs 500 crore.
Twenty Three new FAQs have been published on the e-invoice portal. These FAQs are over and above the FAQs which were published earlier and thus are important for each tax payer who is covered under the ambit of e-invoicing. For ready reference of the readers the new FAQs are given as under:
Yes, if you are eligible for e-Invoicing, all the invoices of B2B and Exports need to be registered.
No, there is no time limit for delivery of goods or generation of e-waybill for the e-Invoice.
Yes, if you are eligible for e-Invoicing, all the invoices including RCM invoices issued by the Supplier need to be registered.
Type of GST (whether IGST or CGSTS/SGST) is determined by POS (Place of Supply). If the Supplier state is same as POS, then it is CGSTS/SGST else IGST for B2B transactions.
The e-Invoice for services may be generated like any other invoice, by mentioning related SAC code and the total price in unit rate and the quantity may be mentioned as one.
Ideally, the e-invoice must be generated after preparing the manual invoice and before issuing it to the customer. The system presently allows to register invoices for the previous periods also.
Freight charges may be entered as line items in case there is a GST component or else they may be entered under ‘Other charges’.
No, it is not required. e-Waybill is required only if at least one of the items in the invoice has Goods and the value of invoice exceeds Rs 50 thousand.
Yes, they can be entered. Please refer the schema of the invoice at https://einv-apisandbox.nic.in/version1.03/generate-irn.html#JSONSchema for more details.
No, there is no time limit to prepare the credit notes or debit notes against the e-Invoice.
No, shipping bill number or date is not mandatory for preparing e-invoice.
No, e-Invoice is applicable only if the notified turnover is crossed in the previous years.
Invoice sent to the customer must contain the IRN number and the QR Code. Along with this you may send the regular invoice also.
The e-invoice portal https://gepp.einvoice1.gst.gov.in helps the suppliers in registering the invoices without the necessity for ERP system. This is a browser based and user friendly portal by which the e-invoices can be generated. The application may also be downloaded on to the mobile.
Yes, its applicable. If the customer is of type SEZ, then e-Invoice may be generated using transaction type as SEZWP / SEZWOP by the Supplier.
Ideally, e-invoice must be generated after making the manual invoice and before issuing the invoice to the customer. Presently, system allows for the invoices to be registered for previous period also.
Presently, system allows for the invoices to be registered for previous period. So, if you have missed uploading, then you may still generate e-Invoice for the previous period invoices.
No, supplier cannot upload the digitally signed invoice to the portal. The e-invoice system will digitally sign the e-invoice details uploaded to the portal and return the signed invoice and QR code to the Supplier.
You may visit https://einvoice1.gst.gov.in/Others/CBT and https://gepp.einvoice1.gst.gov.in/downloads/Welcometogepp.mp4 to understand the e-Invoice system and GePP-On system.
There is no specific place for printing the QR Code, IRN and Acknowledgement number on the invoice. However, they should be visible and in case of QR code, it should be possible to scan it.
e-waybills may be generated for all the modes of travel such as Road, Train, Air and Ship. In case of train, you may enter the railway receipt number and date instead of vehicle number.
Document number in e-Invoice should not be starting with 0, / and -. You should pass the document number without such characters.
Can we upload export invoice details with foreign currency?
All invoices to be registered on the portal should contain the values in INR, however there are some optional fields in the schema in which the foreign currency may be included.
Please refer the schema at https://einv-apisandbox.nic.in/version1.03/generate-irn.html#JSONSchema
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