Introduction of Invoice Management System Offline Tool · 21 Apr 2026
CBIC / GST advisory · 21 Apr 2026
Official title
Introduction of IMS Offline Tool
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The Goods and Services Tax Network introduces an Invoice Management System Offline Tool to assist taxpayers with invoice actions. This tool uses Microsoft Excel to allow taxpayers to accept, reject, or keep invoices pending. Taxpayers perform these actions on individual or bulk invoices. The tool aims to improve taxpayer convenience and simplify compliance. Taxpayers access the tool through the Goods and Services Tax portal.
What you must do
- Taxpayers use the MS Excel-based tool to accept, reject, or keep invoices pending.
Who is affected
- Taxpayers registered on the GST portal.
Document text
The Invoice Management System (IMS) was introduced on the GST portal from the October 2024 tax period enabling the taxpayers to take actions on invoices uploaded by their suppliers through GSTR-1, GSTR-1A, or IFF, including accepting, rejecting, or keeping such records pending in the system.
To continuously enhance the taxpayer convenience and facilitate ease of compliance, an IMS Offline Tool has now been introduced in the GST system. The said offline tool is based on MS excel making it easy to use by the taxpayers and it enables them to undertake actions on both individual as well as bulk invoices in an efficient manner.
For detailed advisory on the IMS offline tool kindly click on the link .
Thanks,
Team GSTN
Source details
- Source
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs / GST
- Type
- advisory
- Published by source
- 21 Apr 2026
- Issuing division
- GSTN
- Coverage area
- indirect-tax