Invoices are a vital instrument for any business. At Tally, we very well understand that you need to raise different types of GST bill/invoice and this may seem a bit daunting in the GST regime since you are getting used to the new system. Not to worry!
In this blogpost, we will guide you to raise different types of GST Bill/invoice using Tally.ERP 9 and help ensure that you stay GST compliant.
 

In this blog, we will discuss how to handle import of services and import of goods, in GST-ready Tally.ERP 9 Release 6.

Topics covered
What does the GST law say?

 
Import of services under GST

In our previous blog, we have understood who a GTA is and the GST tax rates applicable to the service of transportation of goods provided by a GTA. In this blog, we will understand who is liable to pay the tax on GTA service: the GTA or the service recipient.
 
For this, the first step is to identify who is the recipient of the transportation service provided by a GTA.

Under GST, a recipient of a supply can avail input tax credit (ITC) of the supply only on successful matching of invoice details with the supplier. The invoice wise details furnished by suppliers in Form GSTR-1 will be matched with the details of inward supplies furnished by recipients in Form GSTR-2. Input tax credit in GST will only be allowed to be availed for invoices where the details match.
 
Hence, it is important to know the details that will be cross checked by the GST portal to ensure that the invoice details are matching.

A continuous supply is a supply where goods or services are supplied on a recurring basis under a contract and payment for the supply is also made periodically.
For example: A contract for supply of mineral water to a company for 6 months, supply of housekeeping services to a company for a financial year, supply of broadband services, etc. Let us understand the meaning of continuous supply under GST and the time of issue of invoice in continuous supply of goods or services.
 

When to issue Credit Note under GST
A person supplying goods or services should issue a credit note in the following scenarios:

We know that registration under GST is perpetual and does not require any renewal. However, there are scenarios when a person’s registration can be cancelled by an assessing officer. Let us understand the scenarios of GST registration cancellation.
 

Scenarios of GST registration cancellation by an officer

The business has been discontinued or transferred fully, or amalgamated with another entity, demerged or disposed of

There is a change in the constitution of the business

A registered person has failed to comply with the GST provisions

As part of migration from the previous tax regime to GST, all taxpayers registered in the previous tax regime were auto-migrated to GST. This was irrespective of whether the taxpayers are liable to register under GST or not. Taxpayers who were auto-migrated and given a provisional GST registration but who are not liable to register under GST can now cancel their provisional GST registration. In this blog, let us understand how to cancel provisional registration under GST.
 
There can be two categories of persons wanting to cancel their provisional GST registration:

Supply of goods or services is the taxable event under GST. In our blog on supply under GST, we have learnt about the activities which are considered as supply under GST. In this blog, let us understand the activities which are not supply under GST and hence, not taxable under GST.
 

Under GST, transport of goods should be accompanied by a ‘Tax Invoice’ or ‘Bill of Supply’. When a registered dealer supplies taxable goods, Tax Invoice should be issued and when the dealer supplies exempted goods, Bill of Supply is to be issued. A composition tax payer should issue a Bill of Supply for all supplies.
 
However, there can be scenarios when a person cannot issue a Tax Invoice or Bill of Supply for a supply. The scenarios of transport of goods without invoice are: