GST E-invoicing mandatory from 01.01.2021 if TO exceeds Rs. 100 Crores



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The Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Rules have been amended, lowering the threshold for mandatory e-invoicing. Effective from 1st January 2021, businesses with an annual turnover exceeding Rs 100 crore will be required to comply with e-invoicing regulations. This change updates the previous requirement which was set at Rs 500 crore.

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification No. 88/2020 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 10th November, 2020

G.S.R……(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (4) of rule 48 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 13/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 21st March, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 196(E), dated 21st March, 2020, namely:-

In the said notification, in the first paragraph, with effect from the 1st day of January, 2021, for the words “five hundred crore rupees”, the words “one hundred crore rupees” shall be substituted.

[F. No.CBEC-20/06/04/2020-GST]
(Pramod Kumar)
Director, Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 13/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 21st March, 2020 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 196(E), dated 21st March, 2020 and was last amended vide notification No. 70/2020-Central Tax, dated the 30th September, 2020, published vide number G.S.R. 596(E), dated the 30th September, 2020.

FAQ :

The new rule for GST e-invoicing comes into effect from 1st January 2021.

The turnover threshold for mandatory GST e-invoicing has been lowered to Rs 100 crore.

The previous turnover threshold for mandatory e-invoicing was Rs 500 crore.

This notification was issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Sub-rule (4) of rule 48 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 has been amended.




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