GST Invoice Format in India

GST (Goods & Service Tax) is a landmark indirect tax scheme in India and is going live from July 1st, 2017. As part of GST, all previous indirect taxes like service tax and vats are now being replaced with GST. Thus all new invoices that are created from July 1st 2017 need to be based on latest GST rules.

Lot of businesses as well as finance professionals are currently struggling to find the gst invoice format. Please note that under GST, there are two type of invoice. First is GST Tax Invoice and second is called Bill of Supply. Bill of supply is used where the seller is not allowed to charge GST tax (this can happen if the items are exempt from tax under GST or the seller is using GST composition scheme). In all other cases, GST tax invoice is raised.

This article explains the details for invoicing under GST and how to include CGST, SGST, and IGST in the invoice.

GST Invoice Format

A typical GST invoice format will have three main sections - 1) Details of buyer and seller including address, 2) Item-wise details of items and their GST tax, and 3) final section containing total price and tax etc.

This invoice format can be used as gst retail invoice format as well.

GST Invoice Format - top section with buyer/seller details

On top of every GST invoice, one need to include details of sender/seller and buyer/receiver. Follow

Sender / Seller Details

  1. GSTIN
  2. Name
  3. Address
  4. Serial No. of Invoice
  5. Date of Invoice

Receiver / Buyer Details

  • Details of Receiver (Billed to)
  • Name:
  • Address:
  • State:
  • State Code:
  • GSTIN/Unique ID:

  • Details of Consignee (Shipped to)

  • Name:
  • Address:
  • State:
  • State Code:
  • GSTIN/Unique ID:

GST Invoice Format - Item wise details

In GST invoice format, typically one will need to include following entries per item:

  • Sr No
  • Description of Goods
  • HSN
  • Quantity (Qty)
  • Rate (per item)
  • Total
  • Discount
  • Taxable Value
  • CGST
    • Rate
    • Amount
  • SGST
    • Rate
    • Amount
  • IGST
    • Rate
    • Amount

GST Invoice Format - Final section with summary

Final section of GST invoice will include following main details:

  • Total Invoice Value (In figure)
  • Total Invoice Value (In Words)
  • Amount of Tax (subject to Reverse Charges)
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