E-Invoice is the swaping of invoice document between a buyer and a supplier in a unified electronic format. The whole process starting from the issuer creates until the recipient process is digitally integrated. The e-Invoicing is mandatory for all businessmen whose business turnover exceeds 100 crores in the previous financial year.

What is an e-invoice?

E-invoice is an electric invoice through which a supplier has obtained an Invoice Reference Number (IRN) and Quick Reference (QR) code by uploading specified particulars on the government authorised Invoice Registration Portal (IRP).

Why is e-invoice relevant?

An invoice without an IRN will not be treated as a ‘valid’ invoice for the purpose of GST law.There fore, non-adherence will tantamount to non-compliance. The transportation of goods from one place to another is facilitated by the filing of ‘E-Way Bills’ on the common GST portal. Similarly, the GST Council, in its 35th meeting, has decided to implement a system of e-Invoicing, which will be applicable to specified categories of persons. E-Invoicing involves the submission of an already generated standard invoice on a common e-invoice portal. Thus it automates multi-purpose reporting with a one-time input of invoice details. The CBIC notified a set of common portals for the preparation of e-invoices via Notification No.69/2019 - Central Tax.

To whom is e-Invoicing applicable?

e-Invoicing has been made applicable from 1st October 2020 to all businesses whose aggregate turnover has exceeded Rs.500 crore limit in any of the preceding financial years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. Notification No.61/2020 - Central Tax prescribed the turnover limit for the implementation of e-Invoicing from 1st October 2020. Notification No.71/2020 - Central Tax prescribes the time period considered for determining eligibility under e-Invoicing. Further, from 1st January 2021, e-Invoicing will be applicable to businesses exceeding the Rs.100 crore turnover limit in any of the financial years between 2017-18 to 2019-20, as intimated in Notification No.88/2020 - Central Tax.

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How will Electronic invoicing benefit businesses?
    • E-invoice resolves and plugs a major gap in data reconciliation under GST to reduce mismatch errors.
    • E-invoices created on one software can be read by another, allowing interoperability and help reduce data entry errors.
    • Real-time tracking of invoices prepared by the supplier is enabled by e-invoice.
    • Faster availability of genuine input tax credit.
    • Lesser possibility of audits/surveys by the tax authorities since the information they require is available at a transaction level.
Will the bulk-uploading of invoices for generation of IRN be possible?

A: No, invoices must be uploaded one at a time into the IRP. The ERP of a company will need to be designed so that it can place the request for the upload of individual invoices.

Will there be a facility for e-invoice generation on the common GST portal?

A: No, invoices will continue to be generated on the individual ERP softwares that are currently in use by businesses. The invoice must adhere to the e-Invoicing standard format and include the mandatory parameters. The direct generation of invoices on a common portal is not being planned at the moment.

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What are the types of documents that are to be reported into the IRP?
    • Invoices by the Supplier
    • Credit Notes by the Supplier
    • Debit Notes by the Recipient
    • Any other document as notified under GST law to be reported as e-invoice by the creator of the document
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Our E-Invoice software in kerala provides
  • • Inventory forecasting tools: Improve stock forecasting using anytime frame and helps in new sales orders, purchase orders and supplier lead times.
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  • • Optimized order selection: Orders are picked to your eligibility, from date, size and value to cost-effective delivery routes and carton size.
  • • Automatic invoicing: Delivery notes and invoices are automatically generated, and sent digitally or in printed format.
  • • Tracked returns: Build tighter controls into your returns policy with tracked return features.