e-Way Bill_Succinct

e-Way Bill_Succinct

Our country India where per capital GDP is still comparable to countries like Nigeria and the Philippines, Ease of Doing Business Index 2017 still says we are at 130th position in the world. With such background, is it economically viable and beneficial to implement GST in highly automated environment so, for rapid increase in economic growth and development, NDA government introduced a new concept of e-Way Bill w.e.f 01^st February, 2018(predictive).

What is e-Way Bill

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued draft rules on Electronic Way (e-way) bill that require registered entities to furnish, in a prescribed format, GST-Network (GSTN) website information relating to any goods worth more than Rs 50,000 they intend to move within a state or outside. (e-Way will also applicable on Non GST product).

Points:

·         Supplier will generate e- Way bill and inform to the Government by login GSTN portal.

·         Buyer will also inform to government about rejection or acceptance of goods. If buyer don’t inform to government about rejection or acceptance then it will be treated accepted.

How will it work?

·         When supplier upload e-Way bill on GSTN portal, a unique e-Way bill number (EBN) will be generate.

·         Unique e-Way bill (EBN) will be same for Supplier, Buyer and Transporter.

·         Transporter will make a consolidated bill for all products he has.

Validity of Bill

GSTN will generate e-way bills that will be valid for 1-15 days, depending on distance to be travelled as follow.

Upto 100 KM                     -           1 Days

100 KM – 300 KM           -           3 Days

300 KM – 500 KM           -           5 Days

500 KM – 1000 KM         -          10 Days

More than 1000 KM       -          15 Days

 Exception

·         Contraceptive

·         Judicial and Non-Judicial Stamp Paper

·         News Paper

·         Jewellery

·         Khadi

·         Raw-Silk

·         Indian Flag

·         Human Hair

·         Heating aid

·         Kerosene

·         Currency

·         LPG

·         Worship Product

·         Municipal Waste

·         Cheque

·         Diya (Dipak)

·         Kajal etc.

Benefit

·         Stop tax evasion

·         Revenue will increase by 20 % approx

·         Easy to move goods from one place to another place

·         Saving in paper

·         Environment will be protected by saving of tree.

Some Important Point

The person in-charge of conveyance will be required to carry the invoice or bill of supply or delivery challan, and a copy of the e-way bill or the e-way bill number, either physically or mapped to a Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) embedded on to the conveyance.

The rules authorise the tax commissioner or an officer empowered by him on his behalf to intercept any conveyance to verify the e-way bill or the number in physical form for all inter-state and intra-state movement.

The officer will be required to submit a summary report of every inspection of goods in transit within 24 hours and the final report within three days of inspection.

"Where a vehicle has been intercepted and detained for a period exceeding 30 minutes, the transporter may upload the said information in (prescribed form) on the common (GSTN) portal," as per guidelines.

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