TAX INVOICE, CREDIT AND DEBIT NOTES

9. Tax invoice in special cases

(1) An ISD invoice or, as the case may be, an ISD credit note issued by an Input Service Distributor shall contain the following details: -

(a) name, address and GSTIN of the Input Service Distributor;

(b) 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 symbolised as,“-”, “/”, respectively, and any combination thereof, unique for a financial year;

(c) date of its issue;

(d) name,address and GSTIN of the recipient to whom the credit is distributed;

(e) amount of the credit distributed;and

(f) signature or digital signature of the Input Service Distributor or his authorized representative:

Provided that where the Input Service Distributor is an office of a banking company or a financial institution, including a non-banking financial company, a tax invoice shall include any document in lieu thereof, by whatever name called, whether or not serially numbered but containing the information as prescribed above.

(2) Where the supplier of taxable service is an insurer or a banking company or a financial institution, including a non-banking financial company, the said supplier shall issue a tax invoice or any other document in lieu thereof, by whatever name called, whether issued or made available, physically or electronically whether or not serially numbered, and whether or not containing the address of the recipient of taxable service but containing other information as prescribed under rule 1.

(3) Where the supplier of taxable service is a goods transport agency supplying services in relation to transportation of goods by road in a goods carriage, the said supplier shall issue a tax invoice or any other document in lieu thereof, by whatever name called, containing the gross weight of the consignment, name of the consignor and the consignee, registration number of goods carriage in which the goods are transported, details of goods transported, details of place of origin and destination, GSTIN of the person liable for paying tax whether as consignor, consignee or goods transport agency, and also containing other information as prescribed under rule 1.

(4) Where the supplier of taxable service is supplying passenger transportation service, a tax invoice shall include ticket in any form, by whatever name called, whether or not serially numbered,and whether or not containing the address of the recipient of service but containing other information as prescribed under rule 1.

(5) The provisions of sub-rule (2) or sub-rule(4) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the documents issued under rule 4 or rule 5 or rule 6 or rule 7 or rule 8.