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Introduction of IMS Offline Tool
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....ntroduction of IMS Offline Tool <br>GST<br>Dated:- 23-4-2026<br><BR>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....
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....:. Thanks, Team GSTN ============= Document 1 «» GIN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NETWORK (A Government Enterprise) Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal The Invoice Management System (IMS) was introduced on the GST portal effective from the October 2024 tax period. The system enables recipient 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. With a view to further enhancing taxpayer convenience and facilitating ease of compliance, the IMS Offline Tool is Excel based offline tool which has been now made available on GST Portal. This offline utility enables taxpayers to undertake actions on both indi....
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....vidual as well as bulk invoices in an efficient manner. 1. Steps to use the IMS offline tool: a) Download the Tool: · Visit GST Portal: www.gst.gov.in . Navigate to Downloads -> Offline Tools -> IMS Offline Tool to download the tool. Home Services - GST Law Downloads - Search Taxpayer . Help and Taxpayer Facilities e-Invoice News and Updates Offline Tools GST Statistics Returns Offline Tool Matching Offline Tool Tran-1 Offline Tools Tran-2 Offline Tools GSTR3B Offline Utility ITC01 Offline Tool ITC03 Offline Tool ITC04 Offline Tool GST ARA 01 - Application for Advance Ruling GSTR 4 Offline Tool GSTR 6 Offline Tool With Amendments GSTR 11 Offline Tool Refunds Offline Tools GSTR7 Of....
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....fline Utility GSTR8 Offline Tool SRM-I Offline Tool SRM-II Offline Tool GSTR10 Offline Tool GSTR-9 Offline Tool GSTR-9A Offline Tool GSTR-9C Offline Tool GSTR-4 (Annual) offline tool GST DRC-22A - Application for Objection to Provisional Attachment Order Reap Returns Offline Tool TDS & TCS Credit Received Offline Tool IMS Offline Tool Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal Page 1 of 5 «» GIN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NETWORK (A Government Enterprise) . The tool will be downloaded as a zip file. Extract the zip file, enable the macros through the file properties and open the Excel utility. Name ype IMS_Offline_Utility_V1.0 Properties × Today General Security Detai....
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....ls Previous Versions IMS_Offline_Util licrc IMS_Offline_Utility_V1.0 Release_Notes ext [ × Type of file: Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet (.xlsm) Opens with: Excel Change ... Location: C:\Users\jobitha.2169195\Downloads\IMS_Offline_U Size: 516 KB (529,296 bytes) Size on disk: 520 KB (532,480 bytes) Created: Saturday, March 28, 2026, 3:04:06 PM Modified: Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 2:08:14 PM Accessed: Today, April 7, 2026, 25 minutes ago Attributes: Read-only Hidden Advanced ... Security: This file came from another computer and might be blocked help protect this computer. to Unblock This file came from another computer and might be blocked help protect this computer. to ....
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.... Unblock OK Cancel Apply 6 KB b) Download IMS Data from Portal: . To download data from GST Portal, navigate to Services -> Returns -> Invoice Management System (IMS) Dashboard -> Offline Search Taxpayer - Help and Taxpayer Facilities Dashboard Services - GST Law Downloads + Dashboard > Returns > IMS Dashboard Invoice Management System (IMS) Dashboard Inward Supplies Outward Supplies ONLINE OFFLINE VIEW Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal Page 2 of 5 «» GIN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NETWORK (A Government Enterprise) Click on Download Json. Save the Json file on your system. • Help and Taxpayer Facilities e-Invoice News and Updates Downloads - Se....
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....arch Taxpayer - Dashboard Services - GST Law Dashboard > Returns >IMS Dashboard > Inward Supplies Q Englis Offline download and upload for IMS-Inward Supplies Download Upload Download Data for IMS- Inward Supplies GENERATE JSON FILE TO DOWNLOAD BACK 2. Import downloaded Json File and Validate Sheet: . Click on Open Downloaded IMS Json File in Home sheet. X V fx v v : G5 B c 0 E F G H Goods and Services Tax - IMS Offline Tool v1.0 GSTIN To generate a ISON (.json) file with action taken in Offline Tool to upload on GST Portal - Open Downloaded IMS JSON File To open downloaded IMS JSON [.json) file Generate JSON File to Upload Error File Handling In ca....
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....se of error(s) in the uploaded IMS data, GST Portal will generate an error tle (in Zip format) Steps to correct errors and upload corrected IMS data on GST Portal 1) Download the Error report file with records processed with error on GST Portal and save on your system 2) Now click on the button "Open Downloaded Error JSON File". 3) Select the error file,you will get a successful message saying "Downloaded error report file successfuly imported". 4) Error will appear for records with error in column 'GST portal validation errors" in each worksheet. Open Downloaded Error JSON File 5) Do the required corrections in errored records 6) Generate_ISON to upload your revised data on GST-portal 4 B2B-DN B2B-DNA B2B-CN B2B-CNA....
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.... B2B B2BA . Select the downloaded file from the online portal to auto-populate invoice data. . Perform the following actions: -Accept/Reject/Pending/No Action -Add remarks (if applicable) . Click on Validate Sheet button. Validate Sheet Go Home Original Details Invoice number - Invoice Date . GSTIN of supplier Trade Legal name . Invoice Details Status . Invoice number + Invoice type Invoice Date + Invoice Value(?) No Action Accepted Rejected Pending : B2BA ECC .. + 4 B2B-DNA B2B-CN B2B-CNA ECO Home B2B-DN B2B Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal Page 3 of 5 «» GIN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NETWORK (A Government Enterprise) 3. Generate a....
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....nd Upload Json on GST Portal: . Click on Generate Json File to Upload to create the Json. Goods and Services Tax - IMS Offline Tool v1.0 GSTIN To generate a ISON [.json] file with action taken in Offline Tool to upload on GST Portal To open downloaded IMS JSON (.json] file Open Downloaded IMS JSON File Generate JSON File to Upload Error File Handling In case of error(s) in the uploaded IMS data, GST Portal wil generate an error file (in Zip format) Steps to correct errors and upload corrected IMS data on GST Portal 1) Download the Error report file with records processed with error on GST Portal and save on your system. 2) Now click on the button "Open Downloaded Error JSON File". 3) Select the error f....
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....ile,you will get a successful message saying "Downloaded error report file successfuly imported". 4) Error will appear for records with error in column 'GST portal validation errors" in each worksheet Open Downloaded Error JSON File 5) Do the required corrections in errored records 6) Generate ISON to upload your revised data on GST-portal . To upload the Json, login to GST Portal. · Navigate to: Services -> Returns -> Invoice Management System (IMS) Dashboard -> Offline. . Click on Upload Json to upload the generated file. Search Taxpayer - Help and Taxpayer Facilities Dashboard Services - GST Law Downloads - e-Invoice News and Updates Dashboard > Returns > IMS Dashboard > Inward Supplies @ Engl....
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....ish Offline download and upload for IMS-Inward Supplies Download Upload No upload data available. x Tor File will be created on the online portal for only those records which fail. Please download the error file and view it in the Offline tool to correct the same Upload Data of IMS- Inward Supplies File Upload Choose File |No file chosen BACK Some important points/validations related to using offline tools are: . The IMS offline tool follows the same validations and business rules as applicable on the IMS dashboard portal, including treatment of accepted, rejected, pending, and no-action records. . If no changes are made on the records after importing the JSON file into the offline tool, the generated JSO....
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....N file will be empty. . The tool provides filter options to filter the invoices based on relevant parameters. Filters are cleared while performing the 'Validate Sheet' action. . Click on `Validate Sheet` button, to validate data in each worksheet in offline tool, after all the actions required are taken in the sheet. . In case of validation failure of details on uploading JSON file, an error file will be generated with status as `Processed with Error". This file can be downloaded, open in offline tool, take relevant actions to remove the highlighted errors and can be uploaded by creating a JSON file again. Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal Page 4 of 5 GIN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NETWORK (A Government Enterprise....
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....) Skip to Main Content O A" A" Goods and Services Tax Government of India, States and Union Territories A Reliance Industries . 32TAUM16536M121 Help and Taxpayer Facilities Dashboard Services . GST Law Downloads - Search Taxpayer - e-Invoice News and Updates Dashboard . Returns . IMS Dashboard . Inward Supplies O English Offline download and upload for IMS-Inward Supplies Download Upload Your JSON file has been uploaded successfully. The validation process may take up to 15 minutes. Please revisit accordingly. × se system if found OK. Upload Data of IMS- Inward Supplies File Upload Choose File No file chosen Upload History Date Time Reference id Status Error Report 03/04/2026 10:3....
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....7:47 262ddbf6-d425-4cba-ab2f-8a13a5e21b48 Processed with Error Generate error report 03/04/2020 10:36:13 4d74ebbe-a76b-4c7a-9a3d-2983da903333 Processed NA 03/04/2026 10:14:23 cff150ff-b68e-4b5a-a2c8-543a4b54a881 Processed with Error Download error report 03/04/2026 10:12:57 f1079673-fba5-4548-b15a-313eb71/8300 Processed with Error Download error report f1079673-fba5-4548-b15a-313eb71/8300 . Upon uploading this JSON file, these records will get incrementally added to the records uploaded earlier. If there are pre-existing records on the Portal, against same GSTIN, those details will get replaced/updated. ******* Thanking you, Team GSTN Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal Page 5 of 5<BR> News - Press re....
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