GSTR-1 Offline Utility for invoice upload available for download. FAQ and step by step guide-user Manual

1. Operating system  Windows 7 & above
2. Browser: You need one of these browsers installed on your system.
   • Internet Explorer 10+
   • Google Chrome 49+
   • Firefox 45+
   • Safari 6+
3. Microsoft Excel 2007 & above
4. Alternatively , for any below version the tool will open in a default browser.

Note:

• This tool does not work on Linux and Mac operating system
• Currently this tool is released for GSTR-1 form

When the Offline Tool zip file is downloaded, an excel workbook (GSTR1_Excel_Template-V1.1.xlsx) is also downloaded with it. This Workbook is used to upload invoice data to the tool. Maximum number of Invoice line items which can be uploaded at one time is 19,000.

For uploading data there are four options:

Option 1: Manual Entry of Invoice Data

Option 2: Copy and Paste from Excel Workbook

Option 3: Import full Excel Workbook consisting of multiple sheets

Option 4: Import the CSV file

The multi excel sheet (GSTR1_Excel_Template-V1.1.xlsx) has eleven worksheets covering different tables in GSTR-1. When you first download the excel sheet, there is a header only in each sheet. You need to manually enter the data in these sheets

FAQs and User Manual on Invoice Upload-Download Offline Tool which in in the zip file contains the useful step by step guide on the following:

Uploading Invoice Data using the Invoice Upload/Download Offline Tool

Troubleshooting Common Errors Encountered