This discussion clarifies the correct procedure for handling advance payments received from clients. The consensus is that invoices should be raised based on services actually rendered, not when the advance payment is received. It also addresses the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implications, explaining that advance receipts are inclusive of GST and how to manage these through adjustments in Form GSTR-1.
21 March 2023
If the payment is received from the client on advance basis in March, rendering of services will take place in the month of April. Is it okay to raise a bill in the next month when actual services will be provided? Or it needs to raise by this month since the amount was received in this month?