Under GST Regime, every taxpayer is obliged to maintain different types of invoices. Below are the invoice details based on GST, which includes how to make invoices and when to make invoices.
Several traders or business units maintain hand-operated invoices. The information mentioned in the everyone’s invoice is different. But under new taxation structure information must be acknowledged according to the Government laws. Each month invoice information is necessary to submit to the Government. Bill of Supply, Debit/ Credit note, Tax Invoice, Receipt Voucher are several types of invoices. Business units or traders must have to maintain invoices (mentioned above) according to their nature of transactions.
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Q Which things are necessary to be present in the Tax invoice?
It is essential to present the below things in the tax invoice:-
- Name, address, and GSTIN of the supplier
- A consecutive serial number, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters
- date of its issue
- Name, address and GSTIN or UIN, of the recipient; if registered
- Address of delivery
- HSN Code of goods or Service Accounting Code for services
- Description of goods or services or both
- Quantity of goods
- Value of supply of goods or services or both taking into account discount or abatement, if any
- Rate of GST
- Amount of GST on taxable goods or services
- Place of supply in case of interstate transaction
- Whether reverse charge applicable
- Signature or digital signature of the supplier or his authorized representative.
Q How, when and where to issue the invoice?
Each registered person under GST must have to issue an invoice while supplying goods whereas in the case of services invoice has issued in between 30 days from the date of supply of services.
If the amount of invoice is more than s Rs. 200 then it is necessary to issue the “Tax Invoice” and no need to issue tax invoice when invoice amount is below than Rs. 200. Traders must have to present an invoice of the aggregate amount of the supply of goods below Rs. 200 in one day. If the user is unregistered and invoice amount exceeds than Rs. 50,000 then it is necessary to disclose the name, address, the state of the receivers on the invoice. If in a case taxpayer purchased goods from the unregistered person then Tax Invoice is also required to be issued to him. The taxpayer has to make three copies of invoice; One copy for the purchaser, the second copy for the transporter and third copy for self in a case of supplying goods. A person who is supplying services have to make two copies of invoice; one copy for service receiver and the second copy for self.
Q What is the bill of supply?
A supplier who is supplying tax-free goods exempted goods under GST must prepare Bill of Supply. A supplier who has opted for composition levy scheme has provided a bill of supply for those goods. A bill of supply is not eligible for claiming input tax credits.
Q When receipt voucher required to be issued?
An advance received from the customer is taxable under the GST and a receipt voucher must be issued at the same time. However, all the details mentioned in the tax invoice also mentioned receipt voucher.
Q Why and when the debit note and credit note is issued?
The taxpayer is not able to make any changes in tax invoice after uploading on GSTN. If there any changes required can be done via credit and debit note. All the details mentioned in the tax invoice also mentioned in debit or credit note.
Q What lesson a taxpayer should learn from this?
GST is one the complex taxation structure in India. Each person has to change their working style and pattern after the introduction of GST. All invoices and GST filing return can be made through the online and computerized way. In the current scenario, it is essential to change the thinking of people or taxpayer in implementing GST.
Q. What will be the final rate of item after adding 2nd value chain in supplying?
No, if a commodity is purchased at INR 128 than INR 28 will be available for Input tax credit. In this way the commodity remains for INR 100 and after applying INR 10 as margin it will be at INR 110. Than the tax calculates at 28% for INR 110 which makes it INR 30.8. So when taking out INR 28 from it, the final tax to be paid is INR 2.80.
