Electronic invoicing (e-Invoicing) is the exchange of the invoice document between a supplier and a buyer in an integrated electronic format.
E- Invoice has been biggest and one of the most talked about changes when it comes to GST in 2020.
The GST Council, in its 37th meeting on 20 September 2019, has recommended introduction of electronic invoice (‘e-invoice’) in GST in phased manner. Currently it is on a voluntary basis and mandatory from April 1, 2020.
e-Invoicing essentially involves reporting details of specified GST Documents to a government-notified portal and obtaining a reference number
. Read more.. e-Invoicing is a system in which B2B invoices and export invoices are authenticated electronically by GST Network for further use on common portal.
Under this system an identification number will be issued against every invoice by the IRP (Invoice Registration Portal) to be managed by GST Network.
All invoices information will be transferred from Invoice Registration Portal to both GST Portal and E- Way Bill portal in real time basis.
It will eliminate the need of manual data entry while filing GST-R1 return as well as generation of Part-A of the E-Way Bill as the information is passed directly by the Invoice Registration Portal to GST Portal.
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