https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=107557 The regulatory provision requires excise invoices to be prepared in three copies marked as original for buyer, duplicate for transporter and triplicate for assessee, implying printed invoices in the prescribed form. Maintaining a PDF copy for internal records is permissible as supplementary archival evidence, but it does not replace the statutory requirement to retain the triplicate in its original/printed form for compliance and transport documentation. en-us Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:57:01 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:57:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=107557 The regulatory provision requires excise invoices to be prepared in three copies marked as original for buyer, duplicate for transporter and triplicate for assessee, implying printed invoices in the prescribed form. Maintaining a PDF copy for internal records is permissible as supplementary archival evidence, but it does not replace the statutory requirement to retain the triplicate in its original/printed form for compliance and transport documentation. Discussion-Forum Central Excise Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:57:01 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=107557