Glossary

Kaccha bill and pakka bill

A kaccha bill is an informal estimate; a pakka bill is the proper numbered invoice. Why only the pakka one counts for GST, and when each is used.

In Hindi: कच्चा बिल / पक्का बिल · Also called: kacha bill, rough bill

Shops use the two words for two kinds of paper. A kaccha bill is informal: a rough estimate, a quotation, a list of what the customer is taking with prices written in, often on a plain pad with no number and no tax. A pakka bill is the real thing: a numbered invoice with the shop's details, the one that stands as the record of the sale.

For a GST-registered shop the difference is not a matter of style. The law asks for a tax invoice (or, in some cases, a bill of supply) when goods are removed or delivered. A kaccha bill is neither, so a sale made on one alone has no invoice behind it.

Kaccha bills still have an honest use: a price given before the customer decides, or an order taken before the goods arrive.

In BillCountr

What BillCountr does about it.

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Kaccha bill and pakka bill in BillCountr

Estimates and pre-orders are separate documents with their own numbering: EST-A-1, PRE-A-1. They are left out of your sales figures, and they move stock only if you choose that when you make one. On the phone, an estimate the customer agrees to can be turned into a bill, which gets the next number in your invoice series.

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Where the rules on this page come from

Read on 21 September 2026. Rules change; for a decision that matters, check the source or ask your accountant.

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