GST Council constitutes two sub-groups to look into aspects of e-invoice generation by businesses

29 May 2019 Evaluate

The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council has constituted two sub-groups to look into the policy and technical aspects like turnover threshold and mode of generation, for e-invoice generation by businesses. One sub-group will examine the business process, policy and legal aspects for generation of e-invoice, while the other will recommend technical aspects for its roll-out. 

The sub-group on policy issues would also suggest some immediate steps to check fake invoices in case of business-to-business (B2B) supplies with a high threshold turnover and also recommend a carve-out for sectors like banking and telecom. Electronic invoice, or e-invoice, has been envisaged by the revenue department to mainly curb GST evasion. The sub-group on policy issues for e-invoice would recommend legal aspects including invoice format, threshold turnover for invoice generation from the portal and immediate steps for 'B2B' supplies with a high threshold turnover. It would also suggest optional treatment for some sectors such as banking, telecom, tentative timeline for execution and phase-wise implementation.

The sub-group on technical issues would suggest mode of generation, like app-based or mobile or SMS or offline and online, data security and system integration. Depending on the success of the project in the B2B segment, the revenue department would look at extending it to B2C sales, especially in sectors where the probability of tax evasion is high.

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