GST: Important rule - This is what will become mandatory from 1st April 2022

An important rule will come into effect from 1st April 2022 for those who have businesses with turnover of over Rs 20 crore.

According to the rule, businesses with turnover of over Rs 20 crore will have to generate electronic invoice for B2B transactions from April 1, 2022.

As per the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, under Goods and Services Tax (GST) law, e-invoicing for business-to-business (B2B) transactions was made mandatory for companies with turnover of over Rs 500 crore from October 1, 2020, which was then extended to those with turnover of over Rs 100 crore from January 1, 2021.

From April 1 last year, companies with turnover of more than Rs 50 crore were generating B2B e-invoices. This is now being extended to companies with turnover of over Rs 20 crore.

With this, more suppliers would be required to raise e-invoices with effect from April 1, 2022. 

If the invoice is not valid, input tax credit on the same cannot be availed by the recipient beside applicable penalties.