Run the month-end e-invoice cycle · lesson 3 of 5 · for the whole-system operator — you run the books Read the full lesson · Back to the course

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Step 1 — Send the consolidated e-invoices

Last month's consolidated e-invoices have left BigLedger, or you know exactly why they have not.

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Internal Submission → Consolidated Submission, one row per consolidated e-invoice with buyer General Public, and the Submit button

Step 2 — Find the e-invoice on the live screen

You can find any e-invoice, consolidated or individual, on the one screen that tells the truth about it.

Go to Internal Submission, then To IRB E-Invoice
Filter to last month and sort on that status column…

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Internal Submission → To IRB E-Invoice, filtered to last month and sorted on the status column, with Valid, Submitted and In Queue rows visible

Step 3 — Read the status column

You can say what each status means and whose hands the e-invoice is in.

Submitted

Submitted means LHDN has accepted the payload and is still deciding

Step 4 — Know how long to wait

You can tell normal waiting from a problem.

the 1st

Which is why the cycle starts on the 1st and not the…

Step 5 — Push a row that has stopped moving

You know the one thing that is true of every stalled row: you cannot count on anything retrying it.

Go to Internal Submission, then Consolidated Submission for a consolidated e-invoice or Individual Submission…

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Internal Submission → Individual Submission, and its sibling Consolidated Submission, with a row that has not moved since yesterday selected and the Submit button

Step 6 — Spot a failure that is not about the data

You can recognise the one failure that no amount of fixing documents will cure.

the 7th

And the 7th does not wait

Step 7 — Treat Valid as the end of the road

You know what changes the moment a row turns Valid, and why you should look at it once more before you move on.

72 hours

72 hours from the validation time recorded on that record

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