Delhi Government specifies the Format/Schema for e-Invoice under GST



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The Delhi Government has now specified the official format and schema for generating e-invoices under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. This move follows a decision by the GST Council to introduce e-invoicing for certain business categories. The new system requires businesses to submit their standard invoices through a common portal, with specific guidelines on mandatory and optional fields outlined in the format.

In its 35th meeting, the GST Council had decided to implement a system of e-Invoicing, which will apply to specific categories of persons and will involve the submission of an already generated standard invoice on a common e-invoice portal. In this regard, the Delhi Government has specified a Format/Scheme for e-invoice under GST. Read the same below:

Format/Schema for e-Invoice

Note 1: Cardinality means whether reporting of the item(s) is mandatory or optional as explained below:

Delhi Govt Specifies GST e-Invoice Format

0..1: It means that reporting of item is optional and when reported, the same cannot be repeated.
1..1: It means that reporting of item is mandatory but cannot be repeated.
1..n: It means that reporting of item is mandatory and can be repeated more than once.
0..n: It means that reporting of item is optional but can be repeated more than once if reported. For example,
previous invoice reference is optional but if required one can mention many previous invoice references.

Note 2: Field specification Number (Max length: m, n) indicates ‘m’ places before decimal point and ‘n’ places after decimal point. For example, Number (Max length: 3,3) will have the format 999.999

To read more in details, find the enclosed file

FAQ :

The Delhi Government has specified the Format/Schema for e-Invoice under GST.

e-Invoicing under GST is a system decided by the GST Council where specific categories of persons will submit an already generated standard invoice on a common e-invoice portal.

Cardinality refers to whether reporting of an item is mandatory or optional. '0..1' means optional and cannot be repeated, '1..1' means mandatory and cannot be repeated, '1..n' means mandatory and can be repeated, and '0..n' means optional but can be repeated if reported.

This specification indicates 'm' places before the decimal point and 'n' places after the decimal point. For example, Number (Max length: 3,3) would be formatted as 999.999.

Attached File : 40_20461_228232.pdf



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