GST e-invoice system incorporates new validations for all B2B transactions



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The GST e-Invoice system has introduced new validations for all Business-to-Business (B2B) transactions. This update allows the selection of '96-Other Country' as the Point of Sale (PoS) State Code for services related to the transportation of goods. Additionally, only items with HSNs belonging to codes 9965 and 9968 are accepted, and document dates from 01/10/2021 onwards are now valid. A new error code, 2295, has also been added to identify duplicate e-invoice requests.

GST e-Invoice System has issued an Update dated January 30, 2023 on new validations incorporated for all B2B transactions, selection of PoS State Code as '96-Other Country' is enabled for HSN related to Services by way of transportation of goods.

GST e-Invoice System Adds New B2B Transaction Validations
  1. With reference to the circular https://cbic-gst.gov.in/pdf/circular-184.pdf a new validation has been incorporated. For all B2B transactions, selection of PoS State Code as '96- Other Country' is enabled for HSN related to the Services by way of transportation of goods, including by mail or courier. The list of items should have only the items with HSNs belonging to 9965 and 9968
  2. For all transactions, the document date 01/10/2021 onwards only will be accepted.
  3. With reference to integration of GST Look Up System, a new Error code 2295 is added for Duplicate requests apart from 2150. If an IRN is already generated with other IRP and the same request is again sent to NIC-IRP, error code 2295 will be responded with description as "IRN is already generated and registered with GSTN Lookup Portal by other IRP".

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FAQ :

The GST e-Invoice system has incorporated new validations for all B2B transactions.

The selection of PoS State Code as '96-Other Country' is now enabled for HSNs related to services by way of transportation of goods.

Yes, the list of items should only include items with HSNs belonging to 9965 and 9968.

Only documents with a date of 01/10/2021 or later will be accepted.

A new error code, 2295, has been added for duplicate requests, indicating that an IRN has already been generated and registered with the GSTN Lookup Portal by another IRP.




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