Cancel e-Way Bill & e-Invoice and Cancel or Delete Voucher in TallyPrime
If you’ve generated e-Invoice and e-Way Bill for a transaction, you can cancel or delete the voucher in TallyPrime quickly after cancelling both documents, or cancel them individually if needed.
You can perform these actions using the familiar shortcuts: Alt+X to cancel and Alt+D to delete a voucher. TallyPrime will handle the rest intelligently.
In addition to this, you can just cancel the e-Way Bill and e-Invoice and retain the voucher in TallyPrime.
Cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice, and Voucher
- Open the voucher in alteration mode and press Alt+X (Cancel).
You will come across one of the three scenarios:
Scenario 1: The 24-hours time limit has not exceeded for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice.
- Press I (Cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice & Voucher).
- Fill the Cancellation Details of e-Way bill and e-Invoice.
- Press Ctrl+A to save the cancellation details.
A message appears asking confirmation to send details for cancellation.
- Press Yes to exchange the e-Way Bill and e-Invoice cancellation details with the portal.
You will see a confirmation message indicating that the e-Way Bill, e-Invoice, and voucher have been cancelled successfully.
Scenario 2: The 24-hours time limit has exceeded for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice
A message appears indicating that the time limit for cancellation has exceeded.
- Press B (Back) to return to the Voucher alteration screen without proceeding further.
- Press C to cancel the voucher in TallyPrime. However, this will only cancel the voucher in TallyPrime and will not impact the e-Invoice or e-Way Bill.
- If you press I (Cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice & Voucher), you will see the message about rejection of cancellation of e-Way Bill by the portal and failure to cancel the voucher.
If your e-Way Bill has no Part B details, you can cancel the e-Way Bill and pass a credit note for the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice for the same.
Scenario 3: The 24-hours time limit has exceeded for e-Invoice and not for e-Way Bill
Here, only e-Way Bill will get cancelled and you will not be able to cancel the e-Invoice. Therefore, you will have to pass a credit note against the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice.
- Press C to cancel the voucher.
- Press I to cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice, & voucher. However, the request for cancellation of e-Invoice will be rejected.
- Press B (Back) to go back to the voucher alteration screen without proceeding further.
Since the e-Invoice cannot be cancelled, you may record a credit note for the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice for the same.
Cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice, and Delete Voucher
- Open the voucher in alteration mode, and press Alt+D (Delete).
You will come across one of the three scenarios:
Scenario 1: The 24-hours time limit has not exceeded for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice.
- Press I (Cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice & Delete Voucher).
- Fill the Cancellation Details of e-Way bill and e-Invoice.
- Press Ctrl+A to save the cancellation details.
A message appears asking confirmation to send details for cancellation.
- Press Yes to exchange the e-Way Bill and e-Invoice cancellation details with the portal.
You will see a confirmation message indicating that the e-Way Bill, e-Invoice, and voucher have been cancelled successfully.
Scenario 2: The 24-hours time limit has exceeded for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice
A message appears indicating that the time limit for cancellation has exceeded.
- Press B (Back) to return to the Voucher alteration screen without proceeding further.
- Press D to delete the voucher in TallyPrime. However, this will only delete the voucher in TallyPrime and will not impact the e-Invoice or e-Way Bill.
- If you press I (Cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice & Delete Voucher), you will see the message about rejection of cancellation of e-Way Bill by the portal and failure to delete the voucher.
If your e-Way Bill has no Part B details, you can cancel the e-Way Bill and pass a credit note for the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice for the same.
Scenario 3: The 24-hours time limit has exceeded for e-Invoice and not for e-Way Bill
Here, only e-Way Bill will get cancelled and you will not be able to cancel the e-Invoice. Therefore, you will have to pass a credit note against the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice.
- Press D to cancel the voucher.
- Press I to cancel e-Way Bill, e-Invoice, & delete the voucher. However, the request for cancellation of e-Invoice will be rejected.
- Press B (Back) to go back to the voucher alteration screen without proceeding further.
Since the e-Invoice cannot be cancelled, you may record a credit note for the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice for the same.
Cancel e-Way Bill & e-Invoice and Retain the Voucher Using More Details
- Open the voucher in alteration mode.
- Press Ctrl+I (More Details) and press Show More.
- Select e-Way Bill Cancellation Details and fill in the details and save.
- Select e-Invoice Cancellation Details and fill in the details and save.
- Select e-Way Bill Cancellation Details and fill in the details and save.
- Press Ctrl+A to save the cancellation details for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice in the voucher.
You will come across one of the three scenarios.
Scenario 1: The 24-hours time limit has not exceeded for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice.You will see a message that the invoice has the cancellation details.
- Select Yes to send the cancellation Details of e-Way Bill and e-Invoice to the portal.
If you select No, the cancellation details will be saved.
You can see these vouchers appearing under the section:- For IRN Cancellation of the e-Invoice report.
- For EWB Cancellation of the e-Way Bill report.
From either of these reports, you can send such e-Way Bills and e-Invoices for cancellation.
If the e-Way Bill and e-Invoice are not cancelled and you reopen the voucher, a message will appear when you try to save it—asking if you want to send the cancellation request.
Scenario 2: The 24-hours time limit has exceeded for e-Way Bill and e-Invoice.
You will see a message with the information that the invoice has the cancellation details but the allowed time limit has exceeded.
- If you attempt to cancel by selecting Yes the cancellation requests will be rejected by the portal.
- If you select No, the cancellation details will remain in the voucher but you cannot proceed with the cancellation of e-Invoice and e-Way Bill.
If the e-Way Bill doesn’t have Part B details, then cancellation request for e-Way Bill will be sent, but e-Invoice cannot be cancelled.
Scenario 3: The 24-hours time limit has exceeded for e-Invoice and not for e-Way Bill.
Here, only e-Way Bill will get cancelled and you will not be able to cancel the e-Invoice. Therefore, you will have to pass a credit note against the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice.
- Press I to cancel the e-Way Bill and e-Invoice. However, the request for cancellation of e-Invoice will be rejected.
- Press W to cancel the e-Way Bill.
- Press B (Back) to go back to the voucher alteration screen without proceeding further.
Since the e-Invoice cannot be cancelled, you may record a credit note for the voucher and generate a new e-Invoice for the same.
Alternatively, you can update cancellation details for e-Invoice and e-Way Bill from the e-Invoice or the e-Way Bill reports, using the F10 (Cancel IRN/Cancel EWB) option and send the cancellation requests to portal.
In all the above scenarios, the vouchers will not get cancelled or deleted in TallyPrime.
