Digital invoicing requirements: RTO Hyderabad begins enforcement drive

Business Recorder reported that the Regional Tax Office (RTO) Hyderabad has started enforcing digital invoicing rules across its jurisdiction. In the first three days, officials stopped more than 30 vehicles carrying goods for taxpayers, including cotton factories and other businesses, because the shipments lacked digitally generated invoices.

Officials documented the cargo, its value and the related tax implications before allowing the vehicles to continue. The office then sent show-cause notices under Section 11E of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, to the relevant taxpayers. The intercepted shipments represent an estimated tax impact of more than Rs30 million, according to the report, as the drive focuses on recording taxable transactions and curbing sales tax evasion.