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How your shop decides between CGST and SGST or IGST, and how a branch with its own GSTIN gets its own invoice series.
For a shop in India, each tax category carries the parts printed on invoices, such as CGST and SGST. Your shop then prints them by place of supply. The tax amount never changes; only how it is split on the document.
On the tax category form, the card How it's shown on invoices has one box per part. Enter the percentage of each. The form shows whether the parts add up to the rate; it does not stop you saving when they do not. See Create tax categories.
Your shop needs to know which state it is registered in.
| Field | Where | What to enter |
|---|---|---|
| TRN# | Tax Settings, invoice block | Your GSTIN |
| GST State | Just below it | Leave at From the GSTIN in TRN#, or pick the state |
Left blank, the state is taken from the first two digits of the GSTIN.
The place of supply is the state of the delivery address. For self pickup it is your own state.
| Delivery goes to | Invoice says | Tax columns |
|---|---|---|
| Your own state | "Intra-state (CGST + SGST)" | CGST and SGST |
| Another state | "Inter-state (IGST)" | One IGST column, equal to CGST plus SGST |
| Another country | "Export" | CGST and SGST, as for your own state |
When the state cannot be worked out, the order is treated as intra-state.
The result is stored on the order when it is placed. Changing GST State later does not change invoices or credit notes already issued.
A branch in another state can have its own GST registration. Two fields on the location form handle this. They are shown only to GST shops.
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| GSTIN of this location | Orders sent from this location are invoiced under it. IGST or CGST and SGST then follows the location's state. Leave empty to invoice under your shop's GSTIN |
| Invoice prefix | Orders invoiced under this location's GSTIN are numbered in their own series. Leave empty to use your shop's series |
Rules the form enforces:
If an order moves to another location, its seller registration follows the new location. The amounts stay the same.
To edit a location, see Add a location.
Sales by GST registration totals your sales per GSTIN.
The Advanced invoice has an HSN column. See HS and HSN codes.