Should I use P0802 or P0807 now that SOFTEX has ended?

For years the choice between P0802 and P0807 followed a simple rule: software exports declared on the SOFTEX form went under P0807, and other software consultancy went under P0802. From 1 October 2026 the SOFTEX form no longer exists, which leaves the rule without its anchor.²³

What do the two codes say?

RBI's receipt purpose code list, as reproduced by HDFC Bank, describes them like this:¹

Both descriptions date from the 2012 list, when SOFTEX was in use.¹

What changed on 1 October 2026?

The FEMA (Export and Import of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2026 require every exporter of services, which the Regulations say includes software, to file an Export Declaration Form (EDF).² RBI's Circular No. 20 superseded the SOFTEX circulars from the same date.³ We found no RBI or DGFT document that re-maps P0802 and P0807 to reflect this, so banks may apply either.

Does the choice affect your e-BRC?

Not much, for software work. DGFT's e-BRC rules say that for Services > IT, only four purpose codes are applicable: P0802, P0803, P0807 and P0103.⁴ Either software code therefore lets a developer or SaaS company generate an IT services e-BRC, as long as the invoice's SAC matches the service.⁴

How should you choose?

Treat it as a consistency question:

1. Ask your bank which code it now applies to off-site software exports declared on the EDF.
2. Use that code for all similar receipts, so your remittance records, invoices and EDFs read the same way.
3. If you are paid through a platform that asks for a code at onboarding, set the one your bank uses.
4. Keep the bank's answer on file.

Example: a Hyderabad SaaS company billing monthly subscriptions to European customers asks its bank, is told P0807, and uses it for every subscription receipt. A Pune freelancer doing custom implementation for one US client is told P0802 by a different bank. Both can generate IT e-BRCs.⁴

The wider comparison, including DGFT's labels for each code, is in P0802 vs P0807. If your work is not software at all, neither code fits; see purpose codes for freelancers.