E-Way Bill – Overview

Question: What is E-Way Bill ?

E-Way Bill is an electronically generated document that tracks the physical
movement of goods.
An E-Way Bill contains details of the Goods being moved, the purpose of
the movement, and the consigner and consignee (Part A of FORM GST
EWB-01 as well as transportation details (Part B of FORM
GST EWB-01).
An E-Way Bill must be generate before commencing movement.

Question: What are the websites for entering E-Way bills for different states?

There is a Common GST E-Way Bill Portal
notified by Central Tax Notification 9/2018 dated Jan 23,
2018 and available at
www.ewaybillgst.gov.in. All E-Way Bills
in all states of India must be recorded in this Portal.

Yes. The portal for filing GST Tax Returns in the GST Common
Portal – www.gst.gov.in. The
Common Portal for E-Way Bills is
www.ewaybillgst.gov.in. These
portals/websites have different logins.

Question: Is a E-Way Bill without Part-B information valid? What if such information is not available?

An E-Way bill is considered complete only if both PART A and PART B of the
FORM GST EWB-01 is filled in completely furnishing 9 point
information, 8 in Part A and 1 in Part B (8+1). If one of the Parts are
unfilled then the E-Way bill is considered incomplete. Movement of goods
cannot happen without a valid and complete E-Way Bill.

Who is a Consignor & Supplier in E-Way Bill ?

Answer:

A Consignor is someone who causes the movement of Goods.
A Supplier is someone who effects the Supply of Goods in accordance with the instructions from the Consignee.
However, a Consignor can be a Supplier.

Who is a Consignee & Recipient in E-Way Bill ?

Answer: A Consignee is someone who is entitled to collect the goods. A
Recipient is the one who makes payment of the consideration when such
consideration is involved

What is the time limit for acceptance for the Recipient ?

A Recipient has 72 hours to reject an E-Way bill, after which it
will be deemed to be accepted. Hence, it is important for a Recipient to
keep track of all the E-Way bills being generated.

When must an E-Way Bill be generated?

Any movement of goods with supply or without supply and that which
satisfies the threshold limit of 50,000 and if the Good doesn’t fall under
exempt goods category, E-Way bill has to be generated. Part A is mandatory
in all movement and Part B is mandatory for all movement >10 Kms.

Is an E-Way bill required when taxable supply does not involve the movement of goods?

E-Way Bill only records the movement of goods. If there is no movement of
goods, there is not need for any E-Way Bill.

Who all can generate 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 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.

What is Inter-State and Intra-State E-Way Bill?

Answer:

Inter-State E-Way bills are bills generated for movement of goods between
states.
Intra-State E-Way bills are bills generated for movement of goods within
the states.

Inter-State or Intra-State nature of E-Way Bill is different from
Inter-State or Intra-State nature of Taxable Supply, if any.

What is the applicability of CGST, SGST and IGST in E-Way Bill ?

Answer: E-Way bill only records taxes entered. Whether a supply is
an Inter-State or Intra-State determines the type of taxes that will apply
to taxable supply.

What can be done if there are Errors while generating E-Way Bills?

Answer: If there are input errors which the present system doesn’t give any
opportunities to correct the error or the error isn’t editable. Also the
person who generated the E-Way Bill can’t reject the same. Only the
recipient can within 72 hours of it being generated, else the system will
consider it accepted.

Can I Voluntarily generate E-Way bill even though threshold limit of Rs. 5000 is not met?

Answer: Yes, you can generate E-Way bill for your Good even though the
voluntary threshold is not reached. However,if the threshold is crossed,
E-Way bill generation becomes mandatory.

How to generate E-Way bills?

Answer: E-Way bills can be generated by the following methods

(1) Through the Common GST E-Way Bill
Portal –
www.ewaybillgst.gov.in

(2) Through SMS – Which is the fastest and simplest method to create an E-Way bill. Please check – GSTZen Tool- E-Way Bill Utilities and generate E-Way bills free of cost

(3) Through Android based mobile app – Once IMEI number of the registered
mobile phone is sent, the App can be installed

(4) Third Part system of Suvidha providers

(5) Tool based bulk generation of E-Way bills

(6) Via API (Application Program Interface) i.e. integration of IT system of user with E-Way bill system for generation of e-way bill.

Who is responsible for generating E-Way Bills? Consignor, consignee or the transporter?

The registered person who causes the movement of goods in responsible.
Hence, primary liability to raise E-way bill is on consignor. In case of
supply of goods by an unregistered person to registered person, the
liability to generate e-way bill is on the recipient.

E-Way bill in export ?

Answer: E-Way bill is generated for any movement of goods. In case of
export, the E-Way bill Place of Delivery is considered as the sea-port from
which the export movement will take place as the recipient of export isn’t
registered under GST. However, the destination of the export recipient
abroad can be recorded for academic purposes.

What is TRANSIN ?

Answer: TRANSIN – Transporter id is 15 digit unique number generated by
E-Way Bill system for unregistered transporter once he enrolls on the
system.He can enroll only to fill PART B of the FORT GST EWB-01 or record
details in PART A where required.

When is an E-Way Bill not required to be generated?

Answer: An E-Way Bill is not required for the following movements of goods

a) where goods are in the List of 150+ goods Exempt goods;

b) where the goods are being transported by a non-motorised conveyance;

c) where the goods are being transported from the port, airport, air cargo complex and land customs station to an inland container depot or a container freight station for clearance by Customs; and

d) in respect of movement of goods within such areas as are notified under clause (d) of sub-rule (14) of rule 138 of the Goods and Services Tax Rules of the concerned State.

How long is an E-Way Bill valid?

The validity of an E-Way Bill depends on the distance for which goods are
to be transported.

Distance	Validity Period
Up to 100 km	24 hours
For every 100 km or part thereof thereafter	An additional 24 hours

When does the validity period of an E-Way Bill start?

The validity period of an E-Way Bill starts when the first entry is made in
Part-B. The 24-hour clock (or longer) starts after
the first vehicle entry is made. The validity does not change when Part-B
is updated again.

Is the supply of goods to SEZ within the State considered Inter-State or Intra-State? Is an E-Way Bill required?

Supply to SEZ is considered Inter-State Supply under Section 7 of the IGST
Act. However, the movement of goods is Intra-State. E-Way Bill
does not concern the nature of supply, but only the type of movement.

E-Way Bill is needed in states that require E-Way Bill for Intra-State
movement. The list of 13 States as of Feb 1, 2018 is available
here.