Zoho Subscriptions API changes for India GST

Zoho Subscriptions API changes for India GST

Zoho Subscriptions is now ready for India GST.

The information that you pass in our web application wrt India GST can also be passed/retrived through our API.

Here are the list of JSON nodes added to various entities. You can easily find these nodes with subtext as  Applicable for India GST in our API Documentation.

PLAN:
NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE  REQUIRED EXAMPLE
product_type The product type for plan can be either Goods or Service String Optional “goods"
hsn_or_sac HSN code or SAC for Goods or Service String Optional "00440452"
item_tax_preferences* Tax preferenece for plan list Optional refer below


ADDON:
NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE  REQUIRED EXAMPLE
product_type The product type for addon can be either Goods or Service String Optional “goods"
hsn_or_sac HSN code or SAC for Goods or Service  String  Optional "00440452"
item_tax_preferences* Tax preferenece for addon list Optional refer below

Example: item_tax_preference
"item_tax_preferences": [{
    "tax_specification": "intra",
    "tax_name": "Standard Rate(12)",
    "tax_percentage": 6.000000,
    "tax_id": "3000000002404"
}, {
    "tax_specification": "inter",
    "tax_name": "IGST",
    "tax_percentage": 18.000000,
    "tax_id": "3000000002408"
}]

If the item_tax_preference is not given for a plan/addon during its creation/updation, the default intra & inter tax specified in the organisation tax settings will taken as the tax preference for the plan/addon.

For the write action of item_tax_preferences using the HTTP methods POST and PUT, it is enough to pass tax_id and tax_specification while creation/updation of plan/addon.  

INVOICES:

The following nodes will be available in each line item for the invoice entity.

NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE  REQUIRED EXAMPLE
product_type Product type can be either Goods or Service String NA “goods"
hsn_or_sac HSN code or SAC for Goods or Service  String NA "74191010"

CUSTOMERS:
NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE REQUIRED EXAMPLE
gst_treatment
GST Treatment for the customer.
Possible values: business_gst - For a GST Registered business owner,
business_none For a GST unregistered business owner ,
consumer - For a individual consumer
overseas
- deliver your goods or services for customers outside India
String optional "business_gst"
gst_no GSTIN for the customer. String optional "33AIRCA1234A1Z5"
place_of_contact Customer's place of contact. (State code according to Indian Census 2011) String optional "TN"
NOTE: 
  • If place_of_contact is empty, the state of the organization is taken as the default value.

SUBSCRIPTIONS :
NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE  REQUIRED EXAMPLE
place_of_supply Place of Supply for the customer' subscription
(State code according to Indian Census 2011)
String Optional “TN"
NOTE: 
  • If place_of_supply is empty, the state of the organisation is taken as the default value.

Node: item_tax_preferences*
NODE DESCRIPTION TYPE  REQUIRED EXAMPLE
tax_id Tax ID to which you would like to associate with this plan/addon. String Required  "903000000065300"
tax_name Name of the tax to which subscription is associated. String Optional “IGST"
tax_percentage Percentage of tax applied to the plan/addon number Optional 12
tax_specification Tax specification for the addon. It can be either intra or inter. String Required “inter"

If you have any queries related to migration or using these APIs. Please comment here or write to us at support@zohosubscriptions.com


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