https://aawazai.com/blog GST and bookkeeping for Indian businesses and their CAs. en-in Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 https://aawazai.com/blog/57th-gst-council-meeting-key-decisions https://aawazai.com/blog/57th-gst-council-meeting-key-decisions GST and compliance Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The Council recommended no arrest under GST, lower penalties, wider input tax credit, faster refunds and fewer e-way bill stops. None of it is in force yet. The full list, with the three forward dates that are stated. https://aawazai.com/blog/e-way-bill-checks-57th-gst-council https://aawazai.com/blog/e-way-bill-checks-57th-gst-council GST and compliance Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 No random stops, no detention in a state the goods only pass through, and no confiscation in transit. That is the proposal. You still need the e-way bill, and a truck without one can be held anywhere. https://aawazai.com/blog/itc-and-refund-changes-57th-gst-council https://aawazai.com/blog/itc-and-refund-changes-57th-gst-council GST and compliance Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Credit on health and life insurance, outdoor catering and free samples. Inverted duty refunds that count credit on input services. Ninety per cent of a low-risk refund claim sanctioned by the system. All proposed, none in force. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-arrest-penalty-notice-changes-57th-gst-council https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-arrest-penalty-notice-changes-57th-gst-council GST and compliance Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Arrest powers withdrawn, prosecution only above ₹5 crore, the general penalty cut to ₹10,000 and no demand notice below ₹10,000 of tax. What each proposal says, and why none of it protects you yet. https://aawazai.com/blog/restaurant-cloud-kitchen-billing-gst-swiggy-zomato https://aawazai.com/blog/restaurant-cloud-kitchen-billing-gst-swiggy-zomato By business type Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Tables, split bills, tips, 5% or 18% GST, liquor and the aggregator payout that never matches. How a restaurant or cloud kitchen keeps each on its own line. https://aawazai.com/blog/wholesale-distributor-billing-igst-eway-bill-ageing https://aawazai.com/blog/wholesale-distributor-billing-igst-eway-bill-ageing By business type Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Sales orders, salesman, credit days and ageing, IGST, e-way bills and keyboard-fast billing, ending in a CA pack. A distributor's day, with real lakh-scale numbers. https://aawazai.com/blog/service-firm-consultant-agency-billing-timesheets-tds https://aawazai.com/blog/service-firm-consultant-agency-billing-timesheets-tds By business type Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Job cards with client, matter and hours, timesheets, the TDS clients deduct and monthly retainers. How a consultant, agency or professional firm stops hours leaking. https://aawazai.com/blog/voice-entry-instead-of-a-faster-form https://aawazai.com/blog/voice-entry-instead-of-a-faster-form Using AawazAI Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Billing apps compete on fewer taps. That race has a floor, above what a shopkeeper can manage mid-sale. Why we chose speech, and where it is the wrong tool. https://aawazai.com/blog/tally-or-a-phone-app-for-a-small-shop https://aawazai.com/blog/tally-or-a-phone-app-for-a-small-shop Using AawazAI Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Tally is the standard, and it is built for someone who knows accounting. Which of the two fits which business, including where Tally is the better answer. https://aawazai.com/blog/switching-billing-software-mid-year https://aawazai.com/blog/switching-billing-software-mid-year Bookkeeping Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Moving systems mid-year without breaking your GST returns or losing opening balances. What to carry across, what to leave, and the order to do it in. https://aawazai.com/blog/khata-app-vs-proper-books https://aawazai.com/blog/khata-app-vs-proper-books Using AawazAI Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Digital udhaar ledgers solved a real problem well. What they deliberately do not do, when that starts to cost you, and what to look for if you outgrow one. https://aawazai.com/blog/is-aawazai-right-for-your-business https://aawazai.com/blog/is-aawazai-right-for-your-business Using AawazAI Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Who the business app fits, who it does not, and what to use instead when it is the wrong choice. Written to be read before you sign up, not after. https://aawazai.com/blog/billing-app-vs-accounting-app https://aawazai.com/blog/billing-app-vs-accounting-app Using AawazAI Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Invoicing apps are good at invoices. Whether you end up with books depends on what happens to the invoice afterwards, and that is the part nobody compares. https://aawazai.com/blog/supplier-bill-photo-to-purchase-entry https://aawazai.com/blog/supplier-bill-photo-to-purchase-entry Using AawazAI Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Photograph a purchase bill: the app reads the items, quantities, GST and totals, checks the e-invoice QR where there is one, and shows a card to confirm. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-filing-workspace-for-cas https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-filing-workspace-for-cas Using AawazAI Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 One workspace per client, per return, per period. Automatic GSTR-2B reconciliation, a review queue for the rest, and filing only when you press Confirm and File. https://aawazai.com/blog/bookkeeping-by-voice-how-it-works https://aawazai.com/blog/bookkeeping-by-voice-how-it-works Using AawazAI Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Say what happened in Hinglish, Hindi, English, Kannada or Telugu. What AawazAI shows you, what it writes once you confirm, and what it will not do without you. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-late-fee-and-penalties https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-late-fee-and-penalties GST and compliance Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Late fee per day for GSTR-1 and 3B, interest at 18% on tax paid late, penalties for wrong invoices and non-registration, and how to limit the damage. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-rates-in-india https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-rates-in-india GST and compliance Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The GST slabs in force after the September 2025 rationalisation, which goods sit where, the special rates, and how to find the rate for one item. https://aawazai.com/blog/e-invoicing-applicability https://aawazai.com/blog/e-invoicing-applicability GST and compliance Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Who must generate e-invoices, how the IRN and QR code work, the reporting time limit, which documents are covered and what happens if you skip it. https://aawazai.com/blog/closing-stock-valuation https://aawazai.com/blog/closing-stock-valuation Money and stock Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 How closing stock is valued, FIFO versus weighted average, the cost-or-net-realisable-value rule, how stock flows into cost of goods sold, and how to run a count. https://aawazai.com/blog/cash-flow-vs-profit https://aawazai.com/blog/cash-flow-vs-profit Money and stock Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The five reasons profit and cash diverge in a small business, how to read a simple cash flow, and the levers that free up cash without raising prices. https://aawazai.com/blog/reverse-charge-mechanism-gst https://aawazai.com/blog/reverse-charge-mechanism-gst GST and compliance Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What reverse charge means, the common cases a small business meets, how to pay and claim it, the self-invoice requirement and what to report where. https://aawazai.com/blog/profit-and-loss-for-shop-owners https://aawazai.com/blog/profit-and-loss-for-shop-owners Bookkeeping Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What each line of a P&L means, how gross profit differs from net profit, which ratios are worth watching monthly, and the mistakes that flatter the number. https://aawazai.com/blog/purchase-bills-record-keeping https://aawazai.com/blog/purchase-bills-record-keeping Bookkeeping Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Which purchase records to keep under GST, the retention period, what a missing bill costs in credit and in tax, and a filing routine that survives a busy month. https://aawazai.com/blog/e-way-bill-rules https://aawazai.com/blog/e-way-bill-rules GST and compliance Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530 When an e-way bill is required, the ₹50,000 threshold, Part A and Part B, how long a bill stays valid, when it can be extended and the common exemptions. https://aawazai.com/blog/place-of-supply-rules https://aawazai.com/blog/place-of-supply-rules GST and compliance Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530 How the place of supply decides whether you charge CGST and SGST or IGST, the rules for goods and services, bill-to ship-to, and what to do if you get it wrong. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-return-due-dates https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-return-due-dates GST and compliance Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Due dates for GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, IFF, PMT-06, CMP-08 and the annual return, for monthly and QRMP filers, with what happens when you miss one. https://aawazai.com/blog/computerized-accounting-vs-manual-accounting https://aawazai.com/blog/computerized-accounting-vs-manual-accounting Bookkeeping Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What changes when Indian businesses move from registers to accounting software, where AI fits, and how to decide which part of the bookkeeping to automate first. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-registration-threshold https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-registration-threshold GST and compliance Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The ₹40 lakh, ₹20 lakh and ₹10 lakh thresholds, who must register regardless of turnover, what aggregate turnover includes, and when voluntary registration pays. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-composition-scheme https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-composition-scheme GST and compliance Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0530 Turnover limits for the composition scheme, the rates for traders, manufacturers and restaurants, what you give up, the bill of supply rule and CMP-08. https://aawazai.com/blog/credit-note-and-debit-note-under-gst https://aawazai.com/blog/credit-note-and-debit-note-under-gst GST and compliance Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0530 When to raise a credit note and when a debit note, what each must contain, the November deadline on credit notes, and how they are reported in GSTR-1. https://aawazai.com/blog/input-tax-credit-rules https://aawazai.com/blog/input-tax-credit-rules GST and compliance Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The four conditions for claiming input tax credit, the GSTR-2B rule, the 180-day payment rule, blocked credits under Section 17(5) and the annual deadline. https://aawazai.com/blog/day-book-and-ledger-basics https://aawazai.com/blog/day-book-and-ledger-basics Bookkeeping Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What a day book, cash book, ledger and trial balance each record, how an entry flows from one to the next, and which reports fall out of them. https://aawazai.com/blog/delivery-challan-format-and-uses https://aawazai.com/blog/delivery-challan-format-and-uses Billing and invoices Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 When GST allows goods to move on a delivery challan instead of a tax invoice, what the challan must contain, how many copies, and how it links to the e-way bill. https://aawazai.com/blog/udhaar-recovery https://aawazai.com/blog/udhaar-recovery Money and stock Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 How to record credit sales properly, set terms customers accept, read an ageing list, follow up without a fight, and know when a debt has become a loss. https://aawazai.com/blog/gstr-1-vs-gstr-3b https://aawazai.com/blog/gstr-1-vs-gstr-3b GST and compliance Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What GSTR-1 reports, what GSTR-3B pays, the tables that must tie up between them, the due dates for monthly and QRMP filers, and what a mismatch triggers. https://aawazai.com/blog/documents-required-for-gst-registration https://aawazai.com/blog/documents-required-for-gst-registration GST and compliance Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 A checklist of the documents needed for GST registration in India, by business type, with premises proof, authorisation and the mistakes that cause queries. https://aawazai.com/blog/proforma-invoice-vs-tax-invoice https://aawazai.com/blog/proforma-invoice-vs-tax-invoice Billing and invoices Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 What a proforma invoice is, how it differs from a quotation and a tax invoice, when to send each, and why a proforma creates no GST liability. https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-invoice-format https://aawazai.com/blog/gst-invoice-format Billing and invoices Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0530 The fields a GST tax invoice must carry under Rule 46, how the serial number works, when to issue it, and how many copies, with a worked example.