Who needs an invoice without GST
- Freelancers and small businesses below the GST limit who are not registered. If you are not registered, you can't charge GST, so your invoice should have no GST line and no GSTIN.
- Businesses in the composition scheme, and anyone selling only exempt goods or services. They issue a bill of supply instead of a tax invoice.
- Anyone billing a customer abroad in dollars, pounds or euros, where Indian GST is not on the invoice.
If you are not sure which applies to you, ask your accountant. The app makes all of them.
How to make one
- Open the app. In Settings, clear the default tax rate so new invoices start without tax.
- Click New invoice. Keep the title INVOICE, or change it to BILL OF SUPPLY.
- Add the customer and the lines. Leave the GST box unticked. The PDF then has no tax line at all.
- Pick your payment methods and click Download PDF.
What to put on a non-GST invoice
- Your name, address and contact details (no GSTIN)
- A unique invoice number and the date
- The customer's name and address
- What you supplied, with quantity, rate and amount
- The total, the due date and how to pay you
For a bill of supply, many businesses also add a line in Notes such as "Composition taxable person, not eligible to collect tax on supplies".