E WAY bill is a document required to be carried by a person in charge of the conveyance carrying any consignment of goods of value exceeding 50,000. It is generated from the GST Common Portal by the registered persons or transporters who cause movement of goods of consignment before commencement of such movement.
GENERATION OF E WAY BILL: Every registered person who causes movement of goods of consignment value exceeding fifty thousand rupees in relation to supply; or reasons other than supply; or inward supply from unregistered person shall generate e-way bill. It means, the consignor or consignee, as a registered person or a transporter of the goods can generate the e-way bill. The unregistered transporter can enroll on the common portal (http://ewaybill.nic.in) and generate the e-way bill for movement of goods for his clients. Any person can also enroll and generate the e-way bill for movement of goods for his/her own use.
VALIDITY OF E WAY BILL: Validity of the e-way bill or consolidated e-way bill depends upon the distance the goods have to be transported. The validity is one day upto 100 km and for every 100 km or part thereafter it is one additional day.
REQUIREMENT OF E WAY BILL:For transportation of goods in relation to all types of transactions such as outward supply whether within the State or interstate, inward supply whether from within the State or from interstate including from an unregistered persons or for reasons other than supply also e-way bill is mandatory.
CANCELLATION OF E WAY BILL: The e-way bill once generated cannot be deleted. However, it can be cancelled by the generator within 24 hours of generation. If it has been verified by any proper officer, then it cannot be cancelled. Further, e-way bill can be cancelled if either goods are not transported or are not transported as per the details furnished in the e-way bill.
REJECTION OF E WAY BILL: The person who causes transport of goods shall generate the e-way bill specifying the details of other person as a recipient of goods. There is a provision in the common portal for the other party to see the e-way bill generated against his/her GSTIN. As the other party, one can communicate the acceptance or rejection of such consignment specified in the e-way bill. If the acceptance or rejection is not communicated within 72 hours from the time of generation of e-way Bill, it is deemed that he has accepted the details.
ROLE OF A CONSUMER: E-way bill is required to be carried along with the goods at the time of transportation, if the value is more than Rs 50,000.00. Under this circumstance, the consumer can get the e-way bill generated from the taxpayer or supplier, based on the bill or invoice issued by him. Or the consumer can enroll and log in as the citizen and generate the e-way bill.
OTHER RELEVANT POINTS:
- If there is mistake, incorrect or wrong entry in the e-way bill, then it cannot be edited or corrected.In such case,that particular e way bill shall be cancelled and fresh e way bill should be generated.
- The person in charge of a conveyance shall carry the tax invoice or bill of supply or delivery challan,bill of entry as the case may be;and a copy of the e-way bill or the e-way bill number generated from the common portal.
- If the consignor or consignee is unregistered taxpayer and not having GSTIN, then user has to enter ‘URP’ [Unregistered Person] in corresponding GSTIN column.
- If validity of the e-way bill expires,the generator of the e-way bill can generate another e-way bill.
- Any person can verify the authenticity or the correctness of e-way bill by entering EWB No EWB Date, Generator ID and Doc No in the search option of EWB Portal (http://ewaybill.nic.in).
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I HAVE A COMPANY. I HAVE PURCHASED A NEW CAR AND PAID OVER A 2 LAKH AS GST AND CESS. I HAVE PURCHASED THE CAR IN MY COMPANY’S NAME. CAN I CLAIM ITC. PLEASE HELP AND ADVICE.
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