{"id":718,"date":"2021-02-23T05:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T05:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/?p=718"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:29:31","slug":"everything-you-ought-to-know-about-irn-in-e-invoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-irn-in-e-invoice\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Ought to Know About IRN in E-Invoice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IRN is a unique number that can be generated for any invoice uploaded on the Invoice Registration Portal (IRP). We will try to cover all the aspects related to IRN in this blog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice.png\" alt=\"everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice\" class=\"wp-image-1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice.png 919w, https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice-432x270.png 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is IRN?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The full form of IRN is Invoice Reference Number; IRN is a&nbsp;64-character&nbsp;unique number that can be generated for all the invoices on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/invoice-registration-portal-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/invoice-registration-portal-overview\/\">IRP<\/a> using a hash generation algorithm under the new e-invoicing system. It shall be noted that at the time&nbsp;of providing the invoice to the recipient, the supplier needs to mention IRN on this invoice. IRN helps the tax officers to authenticate the transaction either via IRP or offline app.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Details are used to Generate IRN?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Invoice Reference Number (IRN) is generated on the basis of the following details:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>GSTIN of the Supplier&nbsp;<\/li><li>Financial Year&nbsp;<\/li><li>Type of Document&nbsp;<\/li><li>Invoice Number&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-requisites to Generate an IRN&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the list of pre-requisites to generate an IRN:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A person generating IRN must be a GST registered taxable person.&nbsp;<\/li><li>At the time of generating IRN, the taxpayer must have the required document such as invoice, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/de-linking-of-credit-or-debit-notes-from-invoice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/de-linking-of-credit-or-debit-notes-from-invoice\/\">credit, or debit note<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invoice Reference Number (IRN)&nbsp;Example&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is&nbsp;an&nbsp;example&nbsp;through which you can understand the algorithm&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;Invoice Reference Number (IRN):&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.gstrobo.com\/PublicGSTTools\/Verification?BasePage=GSTNumberSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/app.gstrobo.com\/PublicGSTTools\/Verification?BasePage=GSTNumberSearch\">GSTIN<\/a>&nbsp;of the supplier- 31AAMFF1571T10R&nbsp;<\/li><li>Financial Year &#8211; 2020-21&nbsp;<\/li><li>Document Type &#8211; CDN&nbsp;<\/li><li>Invoice Number &#8211; 2020-21\/DL\/01&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to generate an Invoice Reference Number (IRN)?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The taxpayer who falls under the e-invoicing mandate needs to generate an e-invoice with IRN and a signed QR code. He\/she can easily generate IRN under this new e-invoicing system either using an e-invoicing portal or by integrating e-invoicing software in their existing ERPs such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Navision,&nbsp;etc&nbsp;including in-house ERPs. However, before choosing any e-invoicing software provider read the following points.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are Eligible to Generate E-Invoice?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the recent mandate, any taxpayer whose aggregate turnover in any financial year 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20, exceeds INR 100 Crores dealing in B2B and export supplies needs to generate an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/scope-of-e-invoicing-mandate-extended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/scope-of-e-invoicing-mandate-extended\/\">e-Invoice<\/a>. However, there is speculation that this new e-invoice system can be implemented to all the taxpayers who are dealing in B2B and export supplies and whose turnover is more than INR 5 Crores.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invoice Reference Number (IRN) validity&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRN generated for an invoice will stay forever. However, any e-invoice generates on IRP stays for up to 24 hours. After that, you cannot download the generated e-invoice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Validate an Invoice?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After registering an invoice on the IRP, IRP issues Invoice Reference Number (IRN) and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/signed-qr-code-under-e-invoicing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/blog\/signed-qr-code-under-e-invoicing\/\">signed&nbsp;QR code<\/a>, through these things a recipient or buyer can easily validate an e-invoice, whether it is registered on the IRP or not. However, to check the authenticity of an e-invoice issued the user needs to download a QR code mobile application.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Can&nbsp;GSTrobo\u00ae Help You?\u202f&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GSTrobo\u00ae a division of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binarysemantics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Binary Semantics<\/a> Ltd. is a one-stop GST compliance software&nbsp;provider that offers&nbsp;industry-leading\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/products\/gst-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GST<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/products\/e-way-bill-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e-way bill<\/a>, and\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstrobo.com\/products\/e-invoicing-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e-invoicing<\/a>\u202fsoftware.&nbsp;These solutions not only&nbsp;seamlessly&nbsp;integrate with all the ERPs but also automates most of your GST process. So, choose&nbsp;GSTrobo\u2122 to stay GST compliant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRN is a unique number that can be generated for any invoice uploaded on the Invoice Registration Portal (IRP). We will try to cover all the aspects related to IRN in this blog.&nbsp; What is IRN?&nbsp; The full form of IRN is Invoice Reference Number; IRN is a&nbsp;64-character&nbsp;unique number that can be generated for all &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[51,58,223,210],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-invoicing","tag-e-invoice","tag-e-invoicing","tag-invoice-reference-number","tag-irn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/everything-you-ought-to-know-about-IRN-in-invoice.png","author_info":{"display_name":"GSTrobo","author_link":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/author\/gstblog\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2111,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/2111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gstrobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}