Seeks to exempt certain class of registered persons capturing dynamic QR code and the date for implementation of QR Code to be extended to 01.10.2020


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This notification announces an extension for the implementation of dynamic QR codes on Business-to-Consumer (B2C) invoices. The new deadline for businesses with an aggregate turnover exceeding ₹500 crore to include dynamic QR codes on their invoices is 1st October 2020. It also clarifies conditions under which an invoice is considered to have a QR code, particularly when provided via digital display.

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(i)]

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification No. 14/2020– Central Tax

New Delhi, the 21st March, 2020

G.S.R. …..(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the sixth proviso to rule 46 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 72/2019 – Central Tax, dated the 13th December, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 928(E), dated the 13th December, 2019, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, hereby notifies that an invoice issued by a registered person, whose aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds five hundred crore rupees, other than those referred to in sub-rules (2), (3), (4) and (4A) of rule 54 of said rules, and registered person referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, to an unregistered person (hereinafter referred to as B2C invoice), shall have Dynamic Quick Response (QR) code:

Provided that where such registered person makes a Dynamic Quick Response (QR) code available to the recipient through a digital display, such B2C invoice issued by such registered person containing cross-reference of the payment using a Dynamic Quick Response (QR) code, shall be deemed to be having Quick Response (QR) code.

2. This notification shall come into force from the 1st day of October, 2020.

[F. No.20/06/03/2020-GST]

(Pramod Kumar)

Director, Government of India

FAQ :

The implementation date for dynamic QR codes on GST invoices has been extended to 1st October 2020.

Registered persons whose aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds five hundred crore rupees are required to capture dynamic QR codes on B2C invoices.

Yes, certain registered persons referred to in sub-rules (2), (3), (4) and (4A) of rule 54 of the said rules, and those referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, are exempt.

This notification comes into force from the 1st day of October, 2020.

A B2C invoice issued by a registered person is deemed to have a QR code if the registered person makes a Dynamic Quick Response (QR) code available to the recipient through a digital display, and the invoice contains a cross-reference of the payment using that QR code.

 



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