Advisory on challenges in Auto Populated of GSTR – 1 for e-invoices

Taxpayers having turnover above Rs 500 crores are required to issues e-invoices from 1st Oct 2020.

As part of Digitization, e-invoices issued by the taxpayers will be auto-populated to GSTR – 1. This was supposed to happen from 13th Nov 2020. Due to some unforeseen technical issues, the same is not happening as planned.

Taxpayers who are waiting for the auto-population are advised to file the returns for the month of November 2020 and not to wait for the same.

e-invoice data will be auto-populated into GSTR – 1 from the tax periods October and November will start from 13th December 2020 and it is expected to take couple of weeks.

e-invoice data for the month of December is expected to be auto-populated from the first week of December in T+2 days.

Source – https://www.gst.gov.in/newsandupdates/read/421