A quick slip or a GST invoice: what a shop needs to hand over

At a busy counter nobody wants a full GST invoice for a packet of biscuits. Many shops hand over a small handwritten slip — the paper parchi. Whether that's enough depends on how your shop is registered. This is a general guide; confirm the details for your shop with your accountant.

If you're not registered for GST

Shops below the registration threshold don't charge GST, so they don't issue tax invoices. A simple bill or cash memo is normal. What matters is that every sale is still recorded, so your stock and cash add up.

If you're under the composition scheme

A composition shop can't charge GST to the customer. It issues a bill of supply rather than a tax invoice, and pays its tax at the composition rate on turnover. The slip you hand over should not show GST as a separate charge.

If you're a regular GST-registered shop

A registered shop normally issues a tax invoice for each sale. There is one relief that matters at the counter: for a sale below ₹200, to a customer who isn't registered and doesn't ask for an invoice, you can skip the individual invoice and issue one consolidated invoice for all such sales at the end of the day. Above that, or if the customer asks, give a proper invoice.

Either way, the GST is already inside the MRP. A small slip doesn't change the tax — it only changes the paper. The sale still belongs in your books and in your GSTR-1 as a sale to an unregistered customer.

What every slip should still carry

• Your shop's name.
• The date and a number, so you can find the sale later.
• The items, quantities and the amount.
• How it was paid — cash, UPI or credit, and whose credit.

How Distiqo helps

Quick Bill in the Retailer OS prints a small slip instead of a full invoice. Underneath, it is the same sale as any other: stock goes out, cash, UPI or credit comes in, and for a registered shop the GST inside the MRP is recorded and shows up as a B2C sale in your returns. If the shop isn't registered, no GST is charged and the books say so. Anyone who wants a proper invoice can have the full bill instead.