A big update has come regarding Goods and Service Tax (GST). Changes have been made to the rules regarding GST Network (GSTN) transactions. The new rule will come into effect from May 1, 2023, and it will be necessary for business people to follow it. GSTN has said that from May 1, it will be necessary to upload the receipt of any transaction on the Invoice Registration Portal (IRP) within 7 days. Changes have been made to the rules for timely compliance of GST compliance.

According to GSTN, it will be necessary for all business people with a turnover of more than 100 crores to follow this rule from May 1. Under the new rule, businesses with a turnover of more than 100 crores cannot upload invoices older than 7 days. This means that the receipt of transactions older than 7 days will not be able to be uploaded on GSTN, and returns cannot be claimed on it. However, this rule is only for invoices. Business people can upload debit and credit notes even after 7 days.

Big loss to traders
GST rules say that if an invoice is not uploaded on IRP, traders cannot take advantage of Input Tax Credit (ITC) on it. ITC is claimed to get back the difference between the raw material and the final product of a product. At present, companies can upload their e-invoices anytime, but they will have only 7 days after the new rule comes into force.

Experts say that the new rule will help increase the GST collection. Along with this, companies will also get the benefit of ITC on time. Its purpose is to strengthen the process of digitization. Recently, the government has also made it mandatory for businesses or companies with a turnover of more than 100 crores to generate a GST invoice for every transaction.

Will be implemented for everyone in future
Experts say that this process is being implemented slowly, and will soonl be made mandatory for all business people. It has been made mandatory for traders with turnover of more than 10 crores to generate electronic invoices for all B2B transactions. The government implemented this rule on October 1, 2022. Now both government and business will benefit from the timely uploading of e-invoices on IRP. On the one hand, it will help increase the GST collection; on the other hand, traders will be able to benefit from ITC soon.