The document discusses the transformative impact of e-invoicing on taxation and compliance, highlighting its benefits such as cost and time savings, eco-friendliness, and real-time tax evasion prevention. It outlines the legal provisions for e-invoicing including various notifications, the technical aspects for implementation, and the necessary compliance measures for taxpayers. Additionally, it addresses common questions and concerns regarding e-invoice generation and related processes.

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2. CMA Bhogavalli
Mallikarjuna Gupta
He has over two decades of experience in areas of taxation, accounts, sales,
marketing, operations & ERP Development & Implantation. He has worked
with Oracle, Infor, Systime etc.,
He has authored various books and his articles are published in various
magazines, news papers & online portals.
He is also a regular faculty for Department of Defense, Regional Training
Institutes for CAG officials & various PSUs and corporates.
GST & Management Consultant. Currently Associated as vCFO for Safeway
Solutions Pvt Ltd & vChief Taxologist for Log Infosoft
Member of
• Grievance Redressal Committee for GST, State of Telangana
• National Council for Indirect Taxes, ASSOCHAM
• GST & Customs Committee – Federation of Telangana Chamber of
Commerce & Industry
His hobbies are running marathons, trekking, photography & writing

3. Author /
Co-author

4. 1. Introduction 2. Technical Aspects
3. Implementation 4. Q & A
Agenda

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Why e-invoicing?

6. Supplier
IRP Customer
What is e-invoice?
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7. Benefits of e-invoice & Why?
Saves Cost
& time
Eco-friendly
Standardization
Real Time
Curbs Tax Evasion
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8. Legal Provisions
Sl.No Notification No & Date Details
1 Notification No 68/2019-Central Tax ,dt. 13-12-2019 Seeks to carry out changes in the CGST Rules, 2017.
2 Notification No 69/2019-Central Tax ,dt. 13-12-2019 Seeks to notify the common portal for the purpose of e-
invoice.
3 Notification No 70/2019-Central Tax ,dt. 13-12-2019 Seeks to notify the class of registered person required to
issue e-invoice.
4 Notification No 71/2019-Central Tax ,dt. 13-12-2019 Seeks to give effect to the provisions of rule 46 of the
CGST Rules, 2017
5 Notification No 72/2019-Central Tax ,dt. 13-12-2019 Seeks to notify the class of registered person required to
issue invoice having QR Code.
6 Notification No 02/2020-Central Tax ,dt. 01-01-2020 Revised format of FORM INV – 01
7 Notification No 13/2020-Central Tax ,dt. 21-032020 Seeks to exempt certain class of registered persons from
issuing e-invoices and the date for implementation of e-
invoicing extended to 01.10.2020
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9. Legal Provisions
Sl.No Notification No & Date Details
8 Notification No 14/2020-Central Tax , dt. 21-03-2020 Seeks to exempt certain class of registered persons
capturing dynamic QR code and the date for
implementation of QR Code to be extended to
01.10.2020
9 Notification No 60/2020 – Central Tax dt 31st July 2020 Seeks to make Ninth amendment (2020) to CGST Rules
10 Notification No 61/2020 – Central Tax dt 31st July 2020 Seeks to amend Notification no. 13/2020-Central Tax in
order to amend the class of registered persons for the
purpose of e-invoice
11 Notification No. 70/2020 – Central Tax dt 30th Sep 2020 Seeks to amend notification no. 13/2020-Central Tax
dt. 21.03.2020.
12 Notification No. 71/2020–Central Tax dt 30th Sep 2020 Seeks to amend notification 14/2020- Central Tax to
extend the date of implementation of the Dynamic QR
Code for B2C invoices till 01.12.2020.
13 Notification No. 72/2020–Central Tax dt 30th Sep 2020 Seeks amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules,
2017
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10. Legal Provisions
Sl.No Notification No & Date Details
14 Notification No. 73/2020–Central Tax dt 30th Sep 2020 Seeks to notify a special procedure for taxpayers for
issuance of e-Invoices in the period 01.10.2020 -
31.10.2020.
15 Notification No. 88/2020-Central Tax dated 10.11.2020 Seeks to implement e-invoicing for the taxpayers
having aggregate turnover exceeding Rs. 100 Cr from
01st January 2021
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11. For taxpayers
having turnover
above Rs 100
Crores
Postponed due
to lockdowns
1st April 2020
Rolled for
taxpayers having
turnover above
Rs 500 Crores
Minor
Relaxations
Provided
1st Oct 2020
For Taxpayers
having turnover
above Rs 100
Crores
1st Jan 2021
Applicable for all
B2B transactions
irrespective of
turnover
1st April 2021
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Rollout

12. Technical Aspects
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13. IRN IRP SSL-TSL(1.2) API Sandbox
01 02 03 04 05
Technical Aspects
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14. 64 Characters
Unique for Each FY
Supplier
GSTIN+FY+DT+DN
A
B
C
D
E
Technical Aspects - IRN
Tax Invoice /
Debit Or Credit
Notes
Document No
Cannot Start with
/ , - or 0
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15. Supplies for which IRN has to be issued
1
2
3 4
5
6
2. SEZ Supplies with
payment
1. B2B Supplies
4. Exports with
payment
3. SEZ Supplies
without payment
5. Exports without
payment
6. Deemed Exports
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16. Which documents IRN has to be issued
A - Tax Invoice
A
CB C – Debit NoteB - Credit Note
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17. 4 – Date of Invoice
3 – Invoice Number Issued by
Supplier
2 – GSTN of Customer
5 – Invoice Value
6 – Number of Invoice Lines
8 – IRN Number
1 – GSTIN of Supplier
7 – HSN Code of Main Item
QR Codes – Data Elements
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18. Technical Aspects - APIs
1. AUTHENTICATION
2. GENERATE IRN
3. CANCEL IRN
4. GET e-INVIOCE DETAILS
5. GENERATE e-WAYBILL BY IRN
6. GET GSTIN DETAILS
7. GET IRN DETAILS
8. CANCEL E-WAYBILL
9. SYNC GSTN DETAILS FROM CP
10.GET IRN DETAILS
11.GET IRN DETAILS BY DOC
DETAILS
12.HEALTH API
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19. 1. IRN Number
2. Acknowledgement Number
3. Acknowledgement Date
4. Signed Invoice
5. Signed QR Code
Green marketing is a practice whereby companies seek to go above and
beyond.
Technical Aspects – IRN
6. e-waybill Details
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20. Communication with
Tax Authority
Communication with
Customers
Compliance
Future Tracking
Cross Reference
Why System Upgrade
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21. Technical Aspects - IRN
IRN Number - 11f8ef701fe294d4a14aad0b12457e62775d0fdc41a0acf05b74fbb2ddc47acb
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22. Technical Aspects - IRN
Signed QR Code String - eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjExNUY0NDI2NjE3QTc5MzhCRTFCQT
A2REJFRTkxQTQyNzU4NEVEQUIiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJ4NXQiOiJFVjlFSm1GNmVUaS1HNkJ0dn
VrYVFuV0U3YXMifQ.eyJkYXRhIjoie1wiU2VsbGVyR3N0aW5cIjpcIjM3QVJaUFQ0Mzg0UTFNVF
wiLFwiQnV5ZXJHc3RpblwiOlwiMTFBQUFDVDM5MDRGMVpaXCIsXCJEb2NOb1wiOlwiREQtM
jAyMDA4MDQtOVwiLFwiRG9jVHlwXCI6XCJJTlZcIixcIkRvY0R0XCI6XCIwNC8wOC8yMDIwXCIsX
CJUb3RJbnZWYWxcIjo3Nzc2LjMsXCJJdGVtQ250XCI6MyxcIk1haW5Ic25Db2RlXCI6XCIxMDAxX
CIsXCJJcm5cIjpcIjExZjhlZjcwMWZlMjk0ZDRhMTRhYWQwYjEyNDU3ZTYyNzc1ZDBmZGM0MW
EwYWNmMDViNzRmYmIyZGRjNDdhY2JcIn0iLCJpc3MiOiJOSUMifQ.fya8oD85f2_K8pDWSf8N
94_T24O1lA9OPpIuUwk14el_r1lhL13OFxGkklhiewSMUom8DvO9JKu4jjz2l5farRTJhiBWJ43Et
Eky2SLzRhJf23JYW_6PyLErYL2RTzv2PlZ75eXIBZzPkxc2erCx61T50oHmExLgl1Q6HclvgiQUAVx
ysq1VFv96zEZVH8I0xDNqjdvqdtsW74ZHqzpV28kDIvuyV4Z5j3bR39GE6YKMetext_x3bJ4Wt4F
1z3DOzfUjuKGdEjP0fTSwNg1RpiDoH4wcaMP7RJgtbQYXn4j3YoppCEw916AmbihiT2gSODPn0
4vhCbBecI7oOZvxpw
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23. 01
Cost
Technical Aspects –
IRN Attributes 03
No of
Locations
04
No of Users
05
Complexity
06
Connectivity
Mandatory ,
33.83%
Optional ,
66.17%
E-INVOICE ATTRIBUTES
Sr.No Attributes Number
1 Mandatory 45
2 Optional 88
3 Total 133
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24. 01
Cost
Technical Aspects –
IRN Attributes
Annexure 03
No of
Locations
04
No of Users
05
Complexity
06
Connectivity
Mandatory
36%
Optional
64%
E-INVOICE ANNEXURE
Sr.No Attributes Number
1 Mandatory 21
2 Optional 38
3 Total 59
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25. 01 02
03 04
REST APIs to be used for generation of
e-invoice. Db of the Accounting/ERP is
connected directly with e-invoice portal
API Method
Jason for each invoice is created and
the uploaded to the IRP portal in a
batch mode.
Bulk Json Upload
Data is stored in a standalone folder
and APIs are used. Once IRN is
generated, same is retrieved into a
separate inbound folder from there it is
imported back to Accounting/ERP
File Transfer - SFTP
Jason file is created for each invoice
and uploaded to IRP individually
Single Json Upload
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STEPS FOR ROLL OUT OF E-INVOICE

26. ERP ERP ERP
IRP Server
Implementation Method – API
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27. Implementation Method - SFTP
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28. 01
Cost
Implementation –
Points to Ponder
02
No of
Invoices
03
No of
Locations
04
No of Users
05
Complexity
06
Connectivity
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29. Management
Taxation
IT Team
Accounts
Sales Team
Implementation – Teams
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30. 2. IMPACT ANALYSIS 4. ROLLOUT
3. IMPLEMENTTION STRATEGY1. DECODE THE PROVISIONS 5. SUPPORT
1 2 3 4 5
Implementation – Steps
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31. Non Compliance Cost
Section 122 (1) (ii) issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods or services or both in violation of the
provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder;
he shall be liable to pay a penalty of ten thousand rupees or an amount equivalent to the tax evaded or the
tax not deducted under section 51 or short deducted or deducted but not paid to the Government or tax not
collected under section 52 or short collected or collected but not paid to the Government or input tax credit
availed of or passed on or distributed irregularly, or the refund claimed fraudulently, whichever is higher.
Or
Section 125 - Any person, who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder for
which no penalty is separately provided for in this Act, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty
five thousand rupees.
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32. e-invoicing access details
Sandbox API portal for taxpayers and GSPs:
https://einv-apisandbox.nic.in
e-invoicing portal
https://einvoice1.gst.gov.in/
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33. How to verify if your supplier is required to issue IRN
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34. e-invoicing portal
https://einvoice1.gst.gov.in/

35. Session for bulk upload

36. After login

37. After Sucessfully uploaded

38. For checking e- invoice

39. e-invoice

41. Registration on e-invoice portal for API Apporach

42. Tools in Public Domain

43. Verifying Signed Invoice

44. QR Code Verification APP

45. 1. I am dealing exclusively in exempted goods and my turnover is above Rs 500 crores, do I need to issue
e-invoice?
2. At the end of the month I am issuing a payment voucher for discharging my RCM liabilities, in this case
do I need to issue an e-invoice?
3. I am making supplies to Government Department, which has GST – TDS number, do I need to issue e-
invoice for such transactions?
4. I am making supplies to Government Department, which has GST – TDS number, do I need to issue e-
invoice for such transactions?
5. Do I need to update the IRN generated by IRP in my books of accounts / ERP?
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Common Questions being discussed / raised

46. 6. Do I again need to generate e-waybill for the e-invoice?
7. Does my carrier carry the e-invoice copy along with e-waybill during the movement of goods?
8. Can I issue e-waybills post shipment of goods/completion of service?
9.Do I need to generate e-waybill for services also as IRP portal gives me a facility for generation of e-
waybill in case of movement of goods?
10. Do I need to generate e-invoice for moving goods from one premises to another premises in the same
state having the same GSTN
11. For how many hours I need to preserve my IRN details?
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Common Questions being discussed / raised

47. 12. How do I know if my supplier has crossed Rs 500 Crores / Rs 100 crores threshold?
13. What are the safeguards I need to take to ensure that I do not miss my ITC on my purchases/inward
supplies?
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Common Questions being discussed / raised
14. Do I need to make any changes for my accounting due to rollout of e-invoice?
15. Do I need to update my GSTR – 1 with the transactions for which I have issued e-invoices?

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Change effective from 7th Dec 2020
Taxpayers who are required to issue IRN cannot generate the e-waybill directly on the e-waybill portal.
E-waybill being generated for the tax invoices which are required to have IRN will contain the QR
Code of the IRN also on the e-waybill
The system will generate IRN for the documents having a date on or later than 1st Oct 2020.
In the case of B2B and supplies to SEZ, now these transactions can be flagged for
Reverse Charge
IRN will be generated only if the recipient GSTIN is active
Where PIN codes are provided, tolerance of +/- 10% is provided

49. FAQ’s on e-invoice
GSTN has issued FAQ’s on e-invoicing. The same can be accessed
from here
Technical FAQ’s can be accessed from here

50. Digital India
e-invoices
49.5 million generated
e-waybills
1,146 per minute
64.1 million generated
1,484 per minute
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