Your invoices,
already sorted
into GSTR-1.
Every invoice lands in the right return table — B2B, B2CS, B2CL, exports (foreign clients / LUT), credit notes — and GSTR-3B summarises itself. Export what the portal (or your CA) needs, on time.
Not registered yet? Read the freelancer’s GST-registration guide.
A month of invoices,
filed on time.
Your sent invoices stack up over the month, sort themselves into the five GSTR-1 tables, summarise into GSTR-3B, and export as a portal-ready file — days before the 11th.
- 0:0001A month of invoices
- 0:0402Sorted into B2B / B2CS / B2CL / EXP / CDNR
- 0:0803GSTR-3B summary fills itself
- 0:1104Export the file, file on time
Every invoice,
into its right table.
Your invoices already carry their GST treatment. HourSlip reads each one and routes it to the correct GSTR-1 table — registered, small, large, export or credit note — with the count and value tallied per table.
No spreadsheet, no manual sorting. The table classification a CA does by hand at filing is already done — ready to export as portal JSON.
GSTR-3B,
summarised.
The summary return fills itself from your GSTR-1 figures and your input credits. Outward tax, reverse-charge, eligible ITC and net payable — all computed, all reconcilable before you submit.
3.1(d) reverse charge— GST you owe on certain inward supplies (a lawyer's fee, an import of services). We surface it explicitly so it never gets left off.
| § | Nature | Taxable | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1(a) | Outward taxable supplies | ₹15,28,000 | ₹2,75,040 |
| 3.1(d) | Inward supplies · reverse charge (RCM) | ₹1,00,000 | ₹18,000 |
| 4(A) | Eligible input tax credit (ITC) | — | − ₹74,200 |
Monthly or quarterly —
your filing calendar.
Most freelancers under ₹5 crore pick QRMP — quarterly returns, monthly tax. HourSlip knows your scheme, marks every due date, and reminds you days before each one so you never pay a late fee.
Composition scheme?
GSTR-4 instead.
On the composition scheme you don't file GSTR-1 or 3B — you pay a flat rate and file once a year. HourSlip detects your scheme and switches the whole flow automatically: Bill of Supply, no tax line, annual GSTR-4.
GSTIN validation +
e-invoicing awareness.
A wrong GSTIN gets your return rejected at the portal. HourSlip validates the checksum and state code as you type — and tracks your FY turnover so you know the moment e-invoicing becomes mandatory for you.
An honest
side-by-side.
Refrens, Zoho and ClearTax are genuinely excellentat GST — we won't pretend otherwise. The honest edge here isn't a missing feature; it's that the returns are built from invoice data you already have, in a tool shaped for one freelancer, not an enterprise suite you configure.
Returns, demystified.
What freelancers and their CAs ask about GST filing before they switch.
- HourSlip assembles a filing-ready return — every GSTR-1 table, the GSTR-3B summary, validated GSTINs — and exports it as portal JSON/CSV. You or your CA upload and submit on the GST portal; the final submission stays in your hands.
- By who the buyer is and where they are. Registered buyers go to B2B; small unregistered in-state to B2CS; large inter-state unregistered to B2CL; exports to EXP; credit/debit notes to CDNR. Each invoice already carries its GST treatment, so routing is automatic.
- Foreign-client exports land in Table 6A with the correct export type: zero-rated under LUT (WOPAY) when no IGST is charged, or with payment of IGST (WPAY) when you pay IGST and claim it back under Rule 96 / RFD-01. HourSlip sets the type and the IGST amount from how you billed the invoice, and you can record the FIRA / FIRC bank remittance proof against it for your refund file.
- Under ₹5 crore turnover you can opt into QRMP — file GSTR-1 and 3B quarterly while paying tax monthly via PMT-06. Above that, or by choice, you file monthly. HourSlip knows your scheme and marks the right due dates with reminders.
- Yes. If you're registered under composition, HourSlip switches the entire flow — Bill of Supply with no tax line, flat 1%/6% rate, CMP-08 quarterly and the annual GSTR-4 — automatically, instead of GSTR-1/3B.
- Yes, and we surface it explicitly. Reverse-charge GST on certain inward supplies belongs in GSTR-3B row 3.1(d) — a line freelancers routinely miss. HourSlip flags applicable expenses and fills the row.
- HourSlip tracks your FY aggregate turnover and alerts you as you approach the ₹5 Cr threshold where e-invoicing becomes mandatory. You generate the IRN on the NIC / IRP portal (or via your GSP), then paste it onto the invoice in HourSlip — it stores the IRN, Ack-No and date and prints them on the PDF. Direct IRP API integration is on the roadmap.
Your GSTR-1
is already done.
You sent the invoices. The return assembles itself from them — sorted, summarised, validated. All that's left is to export the file and file it. On time, every month.