Compliance

Beginner · 5 min · GST & tax

Compliance is the hub for rules that depend on your type of business: GST rules for restaurants, education and nil-rated goods, hotel and pharmacy registers, and export and import compliance.

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Compliance

Screen layout sketch — the screenshot will appear here once it is added.

Why and when you use it

General GST works the same for most traders, but some industries have extra rules: a restaurant's rate depends on where it is, a school's fees may be exempt, a pharmacy must keep registers for scheduled drugs, and a hotel must report foreign guests. The Compliance hub brings these into one place so the owner or the compliance person can set them once and check them regularly.

Before you start

Know your industry and which rules apply to you; check with your CA
Business Setup completed

Step by step

Open ComplianceClick Compliance in the left sidebar. You see its sub-pages.
GST rulesOpen GST rules for the Restaurant, Education fees and Nil-rated goods tabs, which control how Stockivio applies GST to these cases.
Hotel complianceHotels use In-house guests and Foreign guests, with tabs Form C (foreign guests), Night audit and GST slab check.
Pharmacy registersPharmacies keep Schedule H1, Schedule X and Schedule H registers, plus Add entry and Expiry returns. Use Show to view and Download CSV to keep a copy.
Export & import complianceTraders who export or import use the Exports, Imports and RoDTEP & drawback tabs, with Add export manually.
Compliance SettingsEnter your licence details, hotel tariff rules and export/import settings once in Compliance Settings and press Save settings.

Worked example

Mehta Medicals in Pune sells Schedule H1 antibiotics and must keep the register for inspection. The owner sets up compliance on 3 Nov 2026.

Open Compliance and then Compliance Settings.
Fill in the pharmacy name, address, GSTIN, Drug licence Form 20B and Form 21B, Registered pharmacist and Pharmacist registration no., then Save settings.
Open Pharmacy registers, tab Schedule H1, and press Show for October 2026.
Press Download CSV and keep it with the month's records.

Result: The pharmacy's licence details print where needed and the Schedule H1 register for October is ready for the drug inspector.

💡 Tips

Only open the sub-pages that match your business; others can be ignored.
Download registers each month and store them; inspectors ask for older months too.
Ask your CA to look at your GST rules page once a year.

⚠️ Common mistakes

Leaving Compliance Settings empty. Registers and slabs will not have your licence details or thresholds.
Assuming a rate on the GST rules page is correct because it was filled before. Rates change; check with your CA.

Questions

Do all businesses need this?

No. A plain trading business may only need GST Reports. Restaurants, schools, hotels, pharmacies and exporters use the parts that match them.

🎬 Video walkthrough (script — recording coming soon)

Scene 1: Open Compliance from the sidebar.
Scene 2: Tour GST rules tabs.
Scene 3: Show Hotel compliance tabs.
Scene 4: Show Pharmacy registers and Download CSV.
Scene 5: Show Export & import tabs.
Scene 6: Open Compliance Settings and Save settings.