E-Invoicing Vs Digitally Signed Invoicing: Know The Difference... | PKI Blog
As per notification 88/2020 -Central Tax dated 10th November 2020, All Registered persons (GST taxpayers) having an aggregate turnover above Rs. 100 crore in a financial year and Supplying goods and services to another registered person (also known as B2B supplies) is required to mandatorily issue an electronic invoice (commonly known as e-invoice) with effect from 1st January 2021 (https://einvoice1.gst.gov.in/Notifications/notfctn-88-central-taxenglish-2020.pdf).
E-Invoice will be a paradigm shift in the way the industry carries out invoicing and related activities. It will be a big leap forward in the digitization of the indirect tax structure, post introduction of GST almost three years back.
In ‘e-invoicing’, the invoice will be prepared after obtaining an Invoice Reference Number (IRN) by uploading specified particulars (in FORM GST INV-01) in the notified Invoice Registration Portals (IRP). E-invoicing does not mean the generation of invoices by a Government portal. E-invoicing facilitates invoice document exchange (structured invoice data) between a supplier and a buyer in an integrated electronic format.
Registered persons will continue to create their GST invoices in their own Accounting/Billing/ERP Systems. These invoices are then reported in ‘Invoice Registration Portal (IRP)’. On reporting, IRP returns the e-invoice with a singular ‘Invoice Reference Number (IRN)’ after digitally signing the e-invoice and adding a QR Code. Then, the invoice is often issued to the receiver (along with QR Code).
What is a digitally signed invoice?
Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) is a means of electronically signing documents to verify the authenticity of the person signing the document. A Digital signature can be a substitute for a physical handwritten signature.
Advantages of Digitally Signed invoice:
• Business partners can submit a soft copy of e-invoice (having digitally signed) to customers for faster processing and payment release.
• No need to deliver a hard copy of the invoice to the customers.
• Cost savings in terms of courier and postal charges
Disadvantages of not having digitally signed invoice:
• One must submit and deliver a hard copy of the invoice to customers.
• Delay in payment release till the time original invoices are received by the customers.
• Extra cost burden related to printing, courier, and snail-mail delays and costs.
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