Invoice Serial no. Resets to 0001 on 1st April 2018?

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Hi, we will get the invoice printed in the new GST format starting on 1st July'17 starting with serial no. 0001.

We can not predict the no. of invoices we will need from 1st Jul'17 till 31st March'18.

Does GST mandate we reset the invoice no. to 0001 on 1st Apr'18?

Best wishes,
Manish Gupta
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There is no provison on which you are talking about.

It is your choice.

As per GST Rules, the invoices should be consecutive serially numbered for a particular financial year. That means for every year series to be started afresh.

Hi Salon, thanks for the quick reply. Could you point me to the Rule no.? Thank you.
Please share gst invoice formate...
its provided to you in invoice rules
a consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series,
containing alphabets or numerals or special characters hyphen or dash and slash symbolised
as “-” and “/” respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year;
—-------------------------------------------------------
Above is the Invoice rule for Serial no.
It does not say anything series starting afresh every year.

yep however it does says combinations unique for a financial year

Hi Neha, it only says "unique number for a financial year". I do not need to reset the serial no. in new financial year to make it unique.

Ok, if you feel you can maintain a unique combination for a FY, you can go ahead, there is no restriction.

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