Build a GST Invoice Data Extractor in 45 Lines of Python
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Every accountant I know has the same Monday ritual: open 60 supplier invoices, squint at each PDF, and retype the GSTIN, invoice number, taxable value and tax split into a spreadsheet. It takes three hours. It produces typos. And it happens again next Monday. Here is a 45-line Python script that does it in about four seconds. What we are building Point the script at a folder of invoice PDFs. It reads each one, pulls out: Supplier GSTIN Invoice number and date Taxable value CGS