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The IRN is built from your GSTIN, document type, document number and financial year. If that number was already used for an IRN that year, the IRP rejects it as a duplicate.
GST
Duplicate invoice number rejected by e-invoice portal
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Provisions
Rule 48(4), CGST Rules 2017; Rule 46(b), CGST Rules 2017
Analysis
Check whether the number was used earlier, for example in a test or a cancelled IRN. A cancelled IRN's number cannot be reused. Issue the invoice with a fresh number.
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- Search the IRP for the document number.
- If already used, assign a new number.
- Fix the software sequence.
- Generate the IRN again.
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