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GST without the spreadsheets

A short tour of how instock keeps invoices compliant automatically — from tax-type detection to GSTR-1 export.

If you distribute goods in India, every invoice you raise has to be GST-compliant. Not roughly compliant — legally valid, or it doesn’t count.

Here’s what instock handles so your team doesn’t have to think about it.

Tax type is detected, not entered

CGST + SGST for a sale inside the state; IGST when the buyer is in another state. instock reads the place of supply from the customer and the selling entity and applies the right split automatically, at the line-item level.

Numbering that survives an audit

Invoice numbers are sequential per tenant, per financial year, in the format PREFIX/2025-26/00147. The sequence never skips and never reuses a number. When you move to instock, you keep your existing series.

HSN, QR, e-way bill

Every product carries its HSN/SAC code and GST rate. Invoices above ₹500 get a QR code. When goods move and the consignment crosses ₹50,000, the e-way bill number is captured on dispatch.

Filing is an export

GSTR-1 — the monthly outward-supply return — comes out of instock as a structured export split into B2B, B2C and HSN summary sections. What used to be three days of spreadsheet work is a download.

Compliance shouldn’t be a monthly scramble. It should be a side effect of doing business correctly the first time.

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We're onboarding wholesale distributors across India now. Tell us a little about your operation and we'll reach out with access and a plan to move your vendors, customers and catalog across.

  • · Guided first import on every paid plan
  • · Keep your current invoice number series
  • · Talk to the team building it, directly

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