E-invoice in GST

E-invoice in GST

What is E-invoice?

A unified system to electronically authenticate B2B invoices by GSTN for further use on the common GST portal. It is maintained by Invoice Registration Portal (IRP)

Whom will this be applied to?

It shall be applied to those GST registered taxpayers whose annual turnover is above 20 crores.

What are the type of invoices supported?

So far, the following types are supported.

  1. Invoices by the Supplier
  2. Credit Notes by the Supplier
  3. Debit Notes by the Recipient

What are the steps to register and make use of this feature?

Please follow the below steps.

  1. Enable the e-invoice menu in POS
  2. Create an account in the E-invoice portal (https://einvoice1.gst.gov.in/) per GST number
  3. You can skip this step if you have already registered for API in the E-way billing portal. After creating an account, log in to the e-invoice portal and register for API (accessible from the menu "API registration -> User Credentials -> Create API User")   

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  1. Select the "Through GSP " Radio button 
  2. Choose "Zoho Corporation" as GSP and create a username and password. Username and Password need not be the same as login username and password respectively. Note this username and password
  3. Login to TFA and register yourself for accessing the e-invoice APIs in the "Connect to E-invoice portal" that is available from the "More menu" on the navigation bar. Enter the username and password that was created in Step b
  4. Make sure the username should start with "API_"
  5. After successful registration, go to "E-Invoice Dashboard" and choose the invoices to generate IRN. If you see errors in the e-invoice, fix them before proceeding
  6. Finally, QR code and IRN will be available in bill print

 

What to do when e-invoice generation is failed?

  1. Go to "Failed" tab in e-invoice dashboard in TFA
  2. Find the invoice failed for e-invoice geneartion and click "Reason" column to see what are the failures.
  3. Find the possible solution. Otherwise, search that reason in this link and find the solution given there itself

 

Please contact the support team, for any other doubts than these.



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