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November 20, 2024

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Once e-Invoice is created you will not be able to change the Transaction Type. They are fetched using the e-invoice's IRN i.e the transaction type is calculated based on the addresses found in the e-Invoice i e. bill-from and dispatch-from address of your business and the bill-to and ship-to addresses of your customer.

Generated a wrong e-Way bill from e-Invoice, how to change Transaction Type of e-Invoice?

While creating the waybill from e-waybill portal - there is an explicit option to select the transaction type.

However when creating the e-waybill from e-invoice (With IRN number) this explicit option is not available and the transaction type is determined as per the addresses on the e-invoice. This is confusing for many users who are used to creating the e-waybill normally through the portal.

Understanding Transaction Types of e-Way bill

All businesses in India dealing with transport of goods above Rs. 50,000 need to mandatorily create e-Way bills. An important part of e-Way bills are the transaction types. These transaction types are determined by the following factors:

1. Regular

2. Bill From Ship from

3. Bill to Ship to

4. Combination of 2 and 3

How does e-Invoice fetch transaction type from e-Way bill

E-way bills fetch details from the e-Invoice's IRN and the transaction type is calculated based on the addresses found in the e-Invoice i e. bill-from and dispatch-from address of your business and the bill-to and ship-to addresses of your customer.

Below is the detailed information of which transaction is fetched based on e-Invoice IRN.

Regular: If your Dispatch Form address is the same as the Bill From address, and the Ship to address is the same as the Bill to address on the e-Invoice then, it will fetch as Regular Transaction Type.

Bill From Ship from: If the Dispatch From address is same as the Bill From address whereas the Bill To and Ship To addresses are different on the e-Invoice then, it will fetch as Bill From Ship from Transaction Type.

Bill to Ship to: If the Bill From and Dispatch From addresses will be different whereas the Ship To address will be the same as the Bill To address on the e-Invoice then, it will fetch as Bill to Ship to from Transaction Type.

Combination of 2 and 3: If the Bill From, Dispatch From, Bill To, and Ship To addresses will be different, on the e-Invoice then, it will fetch as Combination of 2 and 3 Transaction Type.