Billing Software in Bihar for Hardware & Material Shops

The material trade in Bihar

The building material trade in Bihar runs on credit to a degree that surprises dealers from other states. A contractor picks up cement and sariya through the month and settles after the site payment comes through, which means a shop of any size is carrying lakhs on the street at all times. The register in the drawer is the only record, and when a dispute comes up eighteen months later there is nothing to put in front of the party. That single problem — not billing, not GST — is why most Bihar shops move to software.

The rate side is just as awkward. TMT bars come partly from rolling mills at Fatuha and Hajipur and partly from the Durgapur and Bokaro belt, so the per-kilo rate changes on the morning phone call. Cement moves by the bag from grinding units around Aurangabad and Bihta. A shop selling both is quoting two different units on the same bill, applying 18% on one line and 28% on the other. MaterialBill keeps each item on its own unit and its own GST rate, so the arithmetic stops being a daily risk.

Main trade centres

• Bakerganj and Mithapur wholesale market, Patna
• Motijheel, Muzaffarpur
• Fatuha and Hajipur rolling mills
• Bhagalpur and Munger belt

Cities in Bihar

17 cities have a page of its own with local market detail. MaterialBill is cloud software, so it works anywhere in Bihar whether or not your town is listed.

Shops also use MaterialBill in Aurangabad, Sasaram, Nawada, Jehanabad, Buxar, Siwan, Bettiah, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Samastipur, Hajipur, Danapur and Dehri and the surrounding towns.

GST for a Bihar dealer

MaterialBill keeps the GST rate on the item rather than on the bill, so a single invoice can carry cement at 28% and steel at 18% with Bihar CGST and SGST worked out line by line, and IGST substituted the moment the buyer's GSTIN starts with something other than 10. Confirm the current slab with your CA. More on GST billing

What Bihar shops use most

Frequently asked questions

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