Introduction of IMS Offline Tool
GST
Dated:- 22-4-2026
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 kindly click on the link.
Thanks,
Team GSTN
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Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal
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Advisory for IMS Offline Tool on GST Portal
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. 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.
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Click on Download Json. Save the Json file on your system.
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2. Import downloaded Json File and Validate Sheet:
. Click on Open Downloaded IMS Json File in Home sheet.
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. 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.
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3. Generate and 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
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To generate a ISON [.json] file with action taken in Offline Tool
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. Click on Upload Json to upload the generated file.
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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 o
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03/04/2026 10:37:47 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
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