Common errors while creating E-invoices
Essentials that need to be correct in order to create an E- invoice:
1 - Customer Masters
2 - Your company information
3- The right taxes based on state of supply
4- Avalara Configuration
To successfully create an e-invoice, it is important to make sure that the following details are correct in your Master-
1 - Common Errors in Customer Masters
Make sure information in your Customer Masters is correctly entered.
Go to Masters - Customers - Click on the customer listing - EDIT - Enter Pincode, GST Number, GST Type, Address, Select State
Remove any special characters from the customer’s address, eg: " - {} []\?/ etc. or you may encounter an error message while creating e-invoice.
Scroll down - Click on Default Tax Classification-Used in Invoice for Tally - Select the Tax Classification - Save
For SEZ businesses please select the appropriate Tax classification which has SEZ in it to avoid any SEZ errors.
Only the following are allowed:
'Sales to SEZ - Exempt',
'Sales to SEZ - LUT/Bond',
'Sales to SEZ - Nil Rated',
'Sales to SEZ - Taxable',
2 - Your company information
Go to Masters - My Companies - Click on EDIT for your primary company - Enter Pincode - Enter GST Number, Address - Select State and City- Save changes
4- E- Invoice verification through App
As per government guidelines, a signed QR code will be available on all E-invoices. NIC has provided a detailed guide on how to verify E-invoices through a QR code.
Note: The above settings will apply to new e-invoices created after the settings have been applied. Old e-invoices will remain unchanged.
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