A registered supplier needs to issue a GST Credit Note to his customer when:
- The taxable value or the tax charged in the original invoice exceeds the taxable value or the tax payable in accordance with such supply. In simple terms, if your previously issued invoice is over billed.
- The goods are returned by the customer against the respective invoice.
Earlier we have posted articles related to all types of Invoices and Vouchers under the GST regime as follows:
- GST Invoice Template.
- GST Bill Format for non-taxable goods.
- GST Invoice Format for Retailers registered under Composition Scheme.
- GST Receipt Voucher.
- GST Payment Voucher.
- GST Refund Voucher.
- GST Debit Note.
All the above Invoices and Vouchers are prepared according to the rules defined by the government in the GST Law 2017.
Rules of GST Credit Note
1) A revised tax invoice referred to in section 31 and credit or debit note referred to in section 34 shall contain the following particulars:
- The word “Revised Invoice”, wherever applicable, indicated prominently.
- Name, address, and GSTIN of the supplier.
- Nature of the document.
- A consecutive serial number not exceeding sixteen characters, in one or multiple series, containing alphabets or numerals or special characters -hyphen or dash and slash symbolized as “-” and “/”respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year.
- Date of issue of the document.
- Name, address and GSTIN or UIN, if registered, of the recipient.
- Name and address of the recipient and the address of delivery, along with the name of State and its code, if such recipient is un-registered.
- Serial number and date of the corresponding tax invoice or, as the case may be, bill of supply.
- The value of taxable supply of goods or services, the rate of tax and the amount of the tax credited or, as the case may be, debited to the recipient.
- Signature or digital signature of the supplier or his authorized representative.
AND
(2) Every registered person who has been granted registration with effect from a date earlier than the date of issuance of the certificate of registration to him may issue revised tax invoices in respect of taxable supplies effected during the period starting from the effective date of registration till the date of issuance of the certificate of registration.
Provided that the registered person may issue a consolidated revised tax invoice in respect of all taxable supplies made to a recipient who is not registered under the Act during such period.
Provided further that in the case of inter-State supplies, where the value of a supply does not exceed two lakh and fifty thousand rupees, a consolidated revised invoice may be issued separately in respect of all recipients located in a State, who are not registered under the Act.
AND
(3) Any invoice or debit note issued in pursuance of any tax payable in accordance with the provisions of section 74 or section 129 or section 130 shall prominently contain the words “INPUT TAX CREDIT NOT ADMISSIBLE”.
Source: www.cbec.gov.in
GST Credit Note Format
We have created GST Credit Note in Excel following the above guidelines provided by the Government. Enter your company name, address, logo etc and start issuing the credit note.
It is helpful to issue the credit note to your clients against discrepancies in the invoices issued earlier with relevant CGST, SGST, and IGST Computations.
It is useful for all dealers, distributors, traders, wholesalers, accounts assistant, accountants etc.
Click here to Download GST Credit Note Format In Excel Under GST 2017.
Click here to Download All GST Excel Templates for ₹299.Additionally, you can download other accounting templates like Salary Sheet, Simple Cash Book, and Accounts Payable Excel Templates from here.
Let us discuss the contents of the template in detail.
Contents of the GST Credit Note Format
The Credit Note Format Excel Template consists of 4 sections
- Header Section.
- Customer Details Section.
- Product and Tax Details Section.
- Summary and Signature Section.
1. Header Section
As usual, the header section consists details like the company name, company address, company logo, GSTIN and the document heading “GST Credit Note”.
2. Customer Details Section
In this section details of a customer such as the name of the customer, address, GSTIN, Credit Note Number, Place of Supply (POS), the date of issue, the invoice number and the invoice date against which the document is issued.
3. Product Details Section
Product and Tax section consists of the columns similar to your Tax Invoice mentioned below:
Sr. No.: Serial number of the products.
Product Description: Product desctiptions like size, color, dimensions etc.
HSN/SAC Codes: HSN stands for Harmonized System Nomenclature code of Goods and SAC stands for Services Accounting Code of services.
It is mandatory to mention them in your every document under GST regime.
Find HSN Code for your product from the pdf file attached below:
Download link: HSE Codes for GST Enrollment
Find SAC Code for your product from the pdf file attached below:
Download Link: SAC Codes for GST
Qty: Quantity of goods supplied.
Units: Units like pieces, bags, meters etc.
Rate: Rate of your product.
The Total Sale: Auto calculated column. Total Sale = Quantity X Rate.
Disc.: Discounts if applicable.
Taxable Value: Taxable value column is auto calculated. The Total Sale – Discount = Taxable Value.
CGST: All the tax columns have 2 subdivisions. Rate of CGST applicable and the amount of CGST. The percentage rate is entered manually. This column is also auto calculated. Taxable Value X Rate of CGST.
SGST and IGST: Similar to CGST, both SGST and IGST have the same formats. The respective rates of SGST and IGST are entered manually and the Amount= Taxable Value X Rate of SGST/IGST.
Note: When IGST is applicable, CGST and SGST will not be collected.
Totals: The total of each column for summary has been made.
4. Summary and Signature Section
Summary and signature section consists of billing summary and their computations along with the signature box for authorized signatory, remarks, and business greetings.
Taxable Value = Total Invoice Value – Discounts.
Grand Total = Total Taxable value + CGST + SGST + IGST.
We thank our readers for liking, sharing and following us on different social media platforms.
If you have any queries please share in the comment section below. I will be more than happy to assist you.
