GST officers working on e-invoice generation system to curb tax evasion

30 Apr 2019 Evaluate

In a bid to curb tax evasion, Goods and Services Tax (GST) officers are working on a system in which businesses above a certain turnover threshold will have to generate ‘e-invoice’ on government or GST portal for every sale. Businesses above a specified threshold will just get a unique number for every electronic invoice or e-invoice generated. This number can be matched with the invoices reported in the sales return and taxes paid.

Going forward, businesses will be required to generate full electronic-tax invoice or e-invoice recording entire value of sales. Businesses beyond a turnover threshold would be provided a software which will be linked to GST or a government portal for generating e-invoice. The threshold can also be fixed on the basis of the value of invoice. E-invoice generation method will be similar to the one being followed for e-way bill on the ‘ewaybill.nic.in’ portal or payment of Goods and Services Tax on the GSTN portal.

The e-invoice system will eventually replace the requirement of generation of e-way bill for movement of goods, as invoices would be generated through a centralised government portal. Currently, e-way bill is required for movement of goods worth more than Rs 50,000 across state borders. Once full e-tax invoice starts getting generated, it would significantly ease burden of return filing by businesses as invoice wise data would be auto-populated in the return forms.

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