Quick Response (QR) Code on GST Invoice

Seeks to give effect to the provisions of rule 46 of the CGST Rules, 2017.

[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. 71/2019 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 13th December, 2019

G.S.R. …..(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 5 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2019, made vide notification No. 31/2019 – Central Tax, dated the 28th June, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 457(E), dated the 28th June,2019, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby appoints the 1st day of April, 2020, as the date from which the provisions of the said rule, shall come into force.

[F. No. 20/13/01/2019-GST]
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India


Seeks to notify the class of registered person required to issue invoice having QR Code.

[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. 72/2019 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 13th December, 2019

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, hereby notifies that an invoice issued by a registered person, whose aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds five hundred crore rupees, to an unregistered person (hereinafter referred to as B2C invoice), shall have 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.

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

[F. No. 20/13/01/2019-GST]
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India


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