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E-WAY BILL
Written By Prithvi R
What is an E-Way Bill?
E-Way Bill is the short form of Electronic Way Bill. It is a unique
document/bill, which is electronically generated for the specific
consignment/movement of goods from one place to another, either inter-state
or intra-state and of value more than INR 50,000, required under the
current GST regime.
As per the update on 23rd Mar 2018, Generation of the e-Way Bill has been
made compulsory from 1 April 2018. Inter-state implementation of e-way bill
st
is notified to be implemented from 1st April 2018.
The implementation of E-way Bill to kick-off from 15th April 2018 in a
phased manner. States to be When e-Way Bill is generated, a unique e-Way Bill
Number (EBN) is made available to the supplier, recipient and the transporter.
The e-Way Bill replaces the Way Bill, which was a physical document and
existed during the VAT regime for the movement of goods.
Who should generate an e-Way Bill?
Let’s try to understand who needs to generate an e-way bill during
transportation.