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# Billing software for cloth, saree and garment shops

BillBabu App makes GST bills for cloth, saree and fabric shops, boutiques and garment wholesalers, on an Android phone or in the browser. If your counter runs on barcode scanning and you keep stock by size and colour, it is not the right tool yet.

हिंदी में पढ़ें: [कपड़े की दुकान का बिल](https://billbabu.com/hi/kapde-ki-dukan-ka-bill)

## Make the GST bill on your phone, send it on WhatsApp

A customer buys two sarees and a dress material at the counter. A boutique in the next town orders 40 kurtis. A retailer in another state takes a bale of shirting fabric. Each one gets a GST bill made on your phone: pick the customer, pick the items, enter the quantities, and BillBabu App works out the GST and the total and gives the bill the next number. Share the PDF on WhatsApp or any other app.

When the buyer is a shop with a GSTIN, the bill carries their GSTIN, so they can claim input tax credit. The tax split follows the place of supply, filled in from the customer's state: CGST + SGST inside your state, IGST for a buyer in another state. See [CGST, SGST and IGST explained](https://billbabu.com/blog/cgst-sgst-igst-explained-india).

The app's screens are in English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada; the bill PDF prints in English. On a computer, use the web app at app.billbabu.com with the same mobile number for bills, quotations, parties and items. PDFs, payments and reports are in the Android app.

[Get BillBabu App on Google Play →](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.billbabu.app&referrer=utm_source%3Dwebsite%26utm_medium%3Dgarment_hero%26utm_campaign%3Dorganic)

## 5% or 18%: the ₹2,500 rule for garments

Since 22 September 2025, readymade garments and clothing accessories (chapters 61 and 62 of the tariff) are taxed by their sale value per piece:

- **Up to ₹2,500 a piece:** 5%.
- **Above ₹2,500 a piece:** 18%.

Other made-up textile articles and sets (chapter 63) follow the same ₹2,500-a-piece line. Footwear (chapter 64) is at 5% up to ₹2,500 a pair and 18% above it. Woven cotton fabric (headings 5208 to 5212) is at 5%.

**BillBabu App does not switch the rate by price.** You choose the GST rate when you save an item, and you can change it on any bill line. If you sell the same kind of garment on both sides of ₹2,500, save it twice, for example "Blazer, up to ₹2,500" at 5% and "Blazer, above ₹2,500" at 18%, or pick 18% on that line when the price crosses ₹2,500.

If you give a discount, or sell a set as one piece, ask your CA how that affects the ₹2,500 test before you bill. Look up an item's HSN code in the [HSN code finder](https://billbabu.com/tools/hsn-code-finder).

GST rates as of 28 October 2026, from the GST Council's 56th-meeting rate annexure (PIB) and Notification 9/2025 (Rate). General information, not tax advice; check with your CA. BillBabu App is a private app by Central Bharat Labs, not affiliated with the Government of India, GSTN or CBIC.

## Fabric by the metre, garments by the piece, sets and pairs

Save each item once with its price, unit, HSN code and GST rate. When you pick it on a bill, all of that fills in. If you type a new item straight onto a bill, it is saved to your item list for next time.

The units that fit a cloth business:

- **Mtr** for fabric, suiting, shirting and dress material sold off the roll.
- **Pcs** for shirts, kurtis, sarees and T-shirts.
- **Set** for suit sets and dress sets.
- **Pair** for footwear and socks.
- **Box** or **Nos** for packed goods.

There are no size or colour variants. Put the size and colour in the item name, such as "Cotton kurti, M, blue". If you want stock counted for each size and colour, each one has to be its own item. That works for a saree or fabric shop with a few hundred items. For a readymade store with hundreds of styles in five sizes each, it means thousands of items typed by hand, and a POS with variants and barcodes will suit you better. More on [setting up item codes](https://billbabu.com/blog/how-to-set-up-sku-codes-business).

## Wholesale bills to shops in other states, with transport details

Garment and cloth wholesalers bill shops all over the country. For each bill, the buyer's GSTIN and state decide the tax: a shop in another state gets IGST. In the Android app's bill form you can also add:

- a Ship To address, if the goods go to a godown or branch, not the billing address;
- the vehicle number and how the goods went (transport, courier, by hand);
- the e-way bill number;
- the buyer's order number, terms of delivery and a delivery note.

These print on the bill PDF. See [Bill To and Ship To on a GST invoice](https://billbabu.com/blog/bill-to-ship-to-gst).

If a consignment is worth more than ₹50,000, an e-way bill is generally needed before it moves (CGST Rule 138). BillBabu App does not make the e-way bill: make it on the government e-way bill portal and type its number on the bill. More in [e-way bill rules](https://billbabu.com/blog/eway-bill-rules-thresholds-distance-validity-2026).

For bulk orders, send a quotation first with a valid-until date, then turn it into the bill on your phone or in the web app when the order is confirmed. See [quotations and estimates](https://billbabu.com/invoice-estimate-software).

## Stock and what each customer owes

Turn on stock for the items you want to count. Record a supplier's or mill's bill as a purchase, and stock goes up. Make a sale, and it goes down. Edit or delete a bill, and the stock is put right. Items with fewer than 10 in stock show a "Low Stock" label in your item list; it is a label, not a notification.

Boutiques and retailers who buy from you on credit each have a ledger: every bill, every payment and what is still due. When money comes in, record it by cash, UPI, cheque, card or bank transfer, in full or in part. Payments go against the customer's account, not against one bill. Share the customer's statement as a PDF before you ask for payment.

## What BillBabu App doesn't do for garment shops

- **No barcode scanning or barcode labels.** You pick items from your list on the phone.
- **No size or colour variants.** Each size and colour is a separate item if you want stock for it.
- **No MRP field and no "price includes GST" option.** You enter the price before GST. To work back from a price that includes GST, use the [GST calculator](https://billbabu.com/tools/gst-calculator) or read [GST kaise nikale](https://billbabu.com/hi/gst-kaise-nikale) (Hindi).
- **No discount column.** Enter the price after the discount. See [discounts on a GST invoice](https://billbabu.com/blog/discount-in-gst-invoice).
- **No exchanges, returns or credit notes.** See [credit notes and debit notes](https://billbabu.com/blog/credit-note-debit-note-gst-rules-time-limits-reporting) for what the law asks.
- **No thermal or POS printer.** Bills are shared as PDFs.
- **No loyalty points, and no multiple stores** under one account.
- **No staff logins.** One account per business. See [multi-user billing software](https://billbabu.com/blog/multi-user-billing-software-india).
- **No offline mode, and no iPhone app.**

No offline mode, e-invoice, e-way bill generation, GST return filing, iPhone app, Excel export or staff logins yet.

## Garment bill example

Lakshmi Textiles, Surat (Gujarat) bills Rajlaxmi Fashion, Indore (Madhya Pradesh), with Rajlaxmi's GSTIN on the bill. The buyer is in another state, so every line is taxed as IGST. The parties and prices are made up.

| Item | HSN | Qty × rate | Taxable value | IGST |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Men's cotton shirt, woven | 6205 | 20 Pcs × ₹650 | ₹13,000 | 5% = ₹650 |
| Men's trousers, woven | 6203 | 15 Pcs × ₹900 | ₹13,500 | 5% = ₹675 |
| T-shirt, knitted | 6109 | 30 Pcs × ₹300 | ₹9,000 | 5% = ₹450 |
| Men's blazer, woven | 6203 | 3 Pcs × ₹3,200 | ₹9,600 | 18% = ₹1,728 |
| Cotton shirting fabric | 5208 | 40 Mtr × ₹180 | ₹7,200 | 5% = ₹360 |
| **Total** |   |   | **₹52,300** | **₹3,863** |

Bill total: **₹56,163**.

What this bill shows:

- **Two rates on one bill.** The blazer line is at 18% because its price is above ₹2,500 a piece; the seller picked 18% on that line. Everything else is at 5%.
- **Fabric in metres** next to garments in pieces.
- **IGST**, because the buyer is in another state.
- **An e-way bill number**, because the goods are worth more than ₹50,000. It is made on the e-way bill portal and typed on the bill.

See the full [GST bill format](https://billbabu.com/formats/gst-bill-format).

General information, not tax advice; check with your CA. BillBabu App is a private app by Central Bharat Labs, not affiliated with the Government of India, GSTN or CBIC.

## Pricing

Start free, no card needed; unlimited bills need Pro (paid). Your first 5 invoices and 5 estimates cost nothing, in the Android app and the web app. After that, Pro is ₹99 a month or ₹999 a year. New users in the Android app can start Pro monthly at ₹9 for the first 14 days; it then renews at ₹99 a month until cancelled in Google Play. Lifetime is one payment of ₹2,999 in the Android app until 31 December 2026, then ₹4,999. BillBabu App has no free-forever plan. Prices as published on [the pricing page](https://billbabu.com/pricing); the price the app shows before you pay is the price you pay.

What other billing apps cost, including the ones with free plans: [billing software prices in India](https://billbabu.com/billing-software-price-india).

## FAQ

**What is the GST on clothes above ₹2,500?**

Readymade garments and clothing accessories (chapters 61 and 62) are at 18% when the sale value is above ₹2,500 a piece, and at 5% up to ₹2,500 a piece, since 22 September 2025. General information, not tax advice; check with your CA, especially when a discount or a set is involved.

**Does BillBabu App change the rate when the price crosses ₹2,500?**

No. You pick the rate on the item, and you can change it on any bill line. Many shops save two items, one at 5% and one at 18%, for garments sold on both sides of ₹2,500.

**Can I scan barcodes?**

No. BillBabu App has no barcode scanning and does not print barcode labels. You pick items from your saved list on the phone.

**Can I keep stock by size and colour?**

Only by saving each size and colour as its own item, such as "Kurti, M, blue" and "Kurti, L, blue". There are no variants. A large readymade store will find that slow and should look at a POS with variants.

**Can I sell fabric by the metre?**

Yes. Save the fabric with the unit Mtr and enter the metres on the bill, such as 2.5 Mtr.

**Is there free billing software for a garment shop?**

BillBabu App lets you start free, with no card: the first 5 invoices and 5 estimates cost nothing. For unlimited bills you need Pro, which is paid. Some other billing apps list free plans with limits; see [billing software prices in India](https://billbabu.com/billing-software-price-india) for what each company lists on its own price page.

**Which billing software is right for a garment shop?**

It depends on how you sell. A busy readymade counter with barcodes, sizes and exchanges needs a POS with variants and a thermal printer. A cloth, saree or fabric shop, a boutique or a garment wholesaler that makes GST bills for customers and other shops, and wants stock and dues on the phone, can do that in BillBabu App. Make one sample bill with your own items before you decide.

**How do I give a discount on a bill?**

There is no discount column yet. Enter the price after the discount as the rate. Check with your CA how a discount affects the ₹2,500 test for that garment. More in [discounts on a GST invoice](https://billbabu.com/blog/discount-in-gst-invoice).

## Related

- [Billing for kirana and general stores](https://billbabu.com/billing-software-for-kirana-store)
- [Billing for wholesalers and distributors](https://billbabu.com/billing-software-for-wholesalers-and-distributors)
- [कपड़े की दुकान का बिल In Hindi.](https://billbabu.com/hi/kapde-ki-dukan-ka-bill)
- [HSN code finder](https://billbabu.com/tools/hsn-code-finder)
- [GST calculator](https://billbabu.com/tools/gst-calculator)
- [Billing software prices in India](https://billbabu.com/billing-software-price-india)
- [GST billing software](https://billbabu.com/gst-invoice-software-india)
- [All features](https://billbabu.com/features)

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