Registered for GST or tax, or not registered

Each of your businesses is either registered to charge tax or not. In India this is GST. In other countries the switch is called Tax registered and covers your VAT, sales tax or GST.

The choice decides the title on your invoices, whether your tax number prints and, in India, whether tax can be added at all.

Where it’s set

Open Settings › Business settings, open the business, then go to Tax details. In India the switch is called GST registered. Everywhere else it’s Tax registered.

A new business starts as registered. When it’s registered, you can also type your tax number (in India, your GSTIN). If the number is empty, you see “Documents omit the tax line until this is added”.

What changes

	Registered	Not registered
Invoice title (set when the business is created)	“Tax Invoice”	“Bill of Supply” in India, “Invoice” elsewhere
Your tax number on prints	Printed, if you’ve added it	Never printed
Tax summary on the bill	Shown	Shown only if the bill has tax
In India only: tax pickers and tax columns on screen	Shown	Hidden
In India only: Tax settings page	Shown	Hidden while this business is picked
In India only: adding tax to a line	Allowed	Not allowed, also on purchases

The title is chosen when the business is created. A new business that isn’t registered always starts on its default title, even if you copy it from a business with its own title. To write your own title, for example “Bill” or “Retail Invoice”, go to Settings › Documents & printing › Print settings and look for Job invoice title and Sale invoice title.

India: you choose it once

In India, you choose GST registered when you set up the business. After that the switch shows “Cannot be changed”: “Chosen when the business is set up and fixed afterwards, because every document already issued was priced under it.”

If you add an item that has a tax to a business that isn’t registered, the tax is taken off that line.

Picked the wrong choice? In India you can’t change it yourself after the business is set up. Contact support (support@bytephase.com) and we’ll help.

Outside India

Outside India you can switch Tax registered on or off at any time, for example when you register for VAT later.

Turning it off stops your tax number printing. It doesn’t change the invoice title by itself: change Job invoice title and Sale invoice title in Print settings yourself. It also doesn’t hide tax columns or the Tax settings page, and it doesn’t remove tax from your parts or services. If you don’t charge tax, don’t pick a tax on your parts and services.

Two businesses, two choices

Each business has its own choice. For example, your repair shop can be registered while your second business isn’t. Every document follows the business it was created in, not the business picked in the switcher. See Which business’s details print, and why.

Tax rates are shared

The tax rates themselves (for example GST 18%) are shared by all your businesses. Only the registered choice is per business. See Set up tax rates.

Something not right?

• Tax columns don’t show on a bill: see Tax columns are missing on invoices.