For vet clinics
GST billing for vet clinics
Raise GST invoices at the counter, keep a register of them, and get the summary your accountant needs at filing time. This page says what PetPort’s billing does, and, just as plainly, what it does not.
What the billing does
1.An invoice that carries what a tax invoice needs
Each bill has its own number from a sequence kept per clinic and per financial year, line items with a description, quantity, unit price, GST rate and HSN code, and the CGST, SGST or IGST amounts worked out for you. A double tap on Save does not raise two invoices for one visit.
2.Business or consumer, within the state or outside it
Add the customer's GSTIN and the invoice is business-to-business; leave it off and it is business-to-consumer. The place of supply decides whether the tax is CGST and SGST or IGST, and it is stored on the invoice rather than guessed later.
3.A register you can hand to your accountant
Export every invoice in a date range, one row each, with the tax broken out. That is the raw material of a return, ready to open in Excel or Google Sheets.
4.A summary shaped like the GSTR-1 tables
From the same invoices PetPort groups the business-to-business supplies invoice by invoice, the consumer supplies by rate, and an HSN summary, so the reshaping that is easy to get wrong by hand is done for you.
5.Send the bill in the customer's own chat
Share an invoice as a link that opens in WhatsApp. The link can be set to expire and can be revoked if it went to the wrong person.
What it does not do
- It does not file a return, and it does not produce a file for upload to the GST portal.
- Consumer supplies are grouped by rate, not by state, because the place of supply is not stored for them. You split them by state yourself.
- Large inter-state consumer invoices are listed one by one, so you can apply whichever value threshold is current when you file. No threshold is hard-coded.
- Zero-rate lines are grouped together without saying whether each is exempt, nil-rated or zero-rated, because an invoice does not record the difference.
- Credit and debit notes are not produced; an invoice is voided instead, and the count of voids is shown.
- It is software, not tax advice. Rates, thresholds and filing rules change; confirm yours with your chartered accountant.
Questions
Does PetPort file my GST return for me?
No. PetPort produces the register of your invoices and a summary shaped like the GSTR-1 tables, so you or your accountant are not rebuilding them from a spreadsheet. It does not file the return and it does not produce the file the GST portal uploads.
Can I put a customer's GSTIN on an invoice?
Yes. An invoice with a recipient GSTIN is treated as business-to-business in the summary, and one without as business-to-consumer.
Does it split CGST, SGST and IGST?
Yes. Each invoice records whether the supply was within the state or between states, and the tax is split accordingly: CGST and SGST for the first, IGST for the second.
What about credit notes?
PetPort voids an invoice instead of issuing a credit note, so credit and debit notes are not in the summary. The number of voided invoices is shown so you can account for them yourself.
More about the clinic portal is on the vet clinic software page, and the full plan list is on the pricing page.