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E-Way Bill Compliance Services in Gurgaon

Partner-led GST advisory that keeps your business compliant, your Input Tax Credit protected, and your notices answered, before they become penalties.

Gupta Varundeep & Co. (GVC Audit) is a Chartered Accountant firm in Gurgaon providing end-to-end GST services, registration, monthly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filing, GSTR-2B reconciliation, GST audits, and notice representation, for startups, MSMEs, manufacturers, exporters, and ecommerce brands across Gurgaon and Delhi NCR. Every engagement is reviewed by a qualified CA, not handed to a junior processor.

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Ship-To GSTIN becomes mandatory on 1 August 2026

If your ERP or API does not send the field, e-way bills will fail to generate. Deferred once from 15 June — it will not be deferred again.

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Where it usually goes wrong

If any of this sounds familiar, you have an e-way bill problem.

Most businesses do not discover an e-way bill gap in a review. They discover it when a vehicle is stopped.

A truck is standing at a check post

An expired or missing e-way bill means detention under Section 129 — with a penalty of 200% of the tax payable before the vehicle moves an inch.

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Your GSTIN is blocked

Two unfiled GSTR-3B returns and Rule 138E blocks e-way bill generation entirely. Your logistics stop because of a filing delay.

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Your ERP is not ready for August

No confirmed deployment date from your software vendor for the mandatory Ship-To GSTIN field. Twenty-one days to go.

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Your EWB data does not match your returns

The GST analytics wing already reconciles e-way bills against GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B. Mismatches surface as notices, automatically.

Reconcile before they do →
What we do

E-Way Bill Compliance Services

Four engagements. Take one, or hand us the whole function.

1 August 2026 Readiness Review

A fixed-scope audit to make sure your systems survive the Ship-To GSTIN mandate.

  • Map every Bill-To / Ship-To and drop-ship pattern in your business
  • Audit ERP field mapping; secure a written deployment date from your vendor
  • NIC Sandbox testing support for API and IRN-linked generation
  • Customer and delivery-location master clean-up, with URP tagging

Day-to-Day Compliance Management

We run the e-way bill function so your dispatch desk does not have to.

  • Generation, amendment, cancellation and consolidated e-way bills
  • Validity monitoring, with escalation before the 8-hour extension window shuts
  • EWB closure discipline once deliveries complete
  • Reconciliation against e-invoices, GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B

Blocked GSTIN & Notice Support

When the system stops you, or the department does.

  • Rule 138E unblocking, including Form EWB-05 representation
  • Response to Section 129 detention notices within the 7-day window
  • Section 130 confiscation proceedings and appeals
  • Minor-error defence under CBIC Circular 64/38/2018-GST

Transporter Support

Built for the party who carries the risk without controlling the data.

  • TRANSIN enrolment for unregistered transporters
  • Counterparty GSTR-3B filing-status due diligence at client onboarding
  • Consolidated e-way bills and multi-leg Part B updates
  • Driver and dispatch-desk SOPs in the language your team uses
How we work

From audit to defence, in four steps.

1

Diagnose

We pull your last 90 days of e-way bills and reconcile them against your invoices and returns. You get a written gap list, not a sales pitch.

2

Fix the data

Customer masters, Ship-To GSTIN mapping, PIN codes, sub-type selection, ERP fields. Most penalties start as a bad master record.

3

Run the compliance

Generation, validity monitoring, extensions, closure. Alerts before deadlines, not after them.

4

Defend when challenged

If a consignment is detained or a notice lands, the same partner who set up your process argues your case.

Free checklist

Are you ready for 1 August?

Five checks. If you cannot tick all five, your e-way bills will start failing.

  1. Your ERP vendor has confirmed a deployment date in writing Not "it's on the roadmap" — a date, before 1 August.
  2. Every Bill-To / Ship-To pattern in your business is identified Head office bills, warehouse receives. Project sites. Drop-shipments.
  3. Delivery-location GSTINs are tagged in your customer master And "URP" is tagged where the consignee is unregistered.
  4. Your API integration has been tested in the NIC Sandbox Both the Ship-To GSTIN field and the new closure API are live there.
  5. Your dispatch team knows what a failed generation looks like And who to call at 7 p.m. on a Friday.
Why GVC Audit

Compliance software generates the bill. A CA defends it.

A named CA signs off

Every engagement is reviewed by a qualified chartered accountant, not handed to a junior processor. On a YMYL matter like detention, that is the whole point.

Current on the law, not last year's law

Ship-To GSTIN, voluntary EWB closure, the 180-day document rule, mandatory MFA, the 200 km validity slab. Most published guidance still has these wrong.

We handle the notice, not just the filing

Section 129 detention, Section 130 confiscation, Rule 138E blocking, appeals with the 25% pre-deposit. The compliance and the defence sit with one firm.

An hour on ERP readiness now is cheaper than a detained truck later.

Talk to the partner who will actually run your file — not a call centre.

 E-Way Bill Compliance Services for Businesses and Transporters in India

What is e-way bill compliance?

E-way bill compliance means generating a valid e-way bill on the goods and service tax e-way bill system before any consignment above Rs. 50,000 begins moving, keeping it valid for the full journey, and making sure the data on it matches your invoice and your GST returns. It is governed by Section 68 of the CGST Act, 2017 read with Rules 138 to 138E of the CGST Rules, 2017. Getting it wrong is not a paperwork problem. Under Section 129, goods and the vehicle can be detained on the spot, with a penalty of 200% of the tax payable (or, where the owner does not come forward, 50% of the value of the goods). Under Rule 138E, two missed GSTR-3B filings block your GSTIN from generating e-way bills at all your trucks stop. Deadline you cannot miss: from 1 August 2026, Ship-To GSTIN becomes a mandatory field for Bill-To / Ship-To consignments. If your ERP does not send it, the e-way bill will simply fail to generate.

What Changes on 1 August 2026 Ship-To GSTIN and Voluntary EWB Closure

This is the most important e-way bill development of 2026, and most businesses have not acted on it yet.

Change 1: Ship-To GSTIN becomes mandatory (compulsory)

Until now, in a Bill-To / Ship-To transaction where the party that receives the invoice is not the party that physically receives the goods the Ship-To GSTIN field was optional. Businesses routinely left it blank or filled the billing party’s GSTIN into it. GSTN has closed that gap.

  • From 1 August 2026, Ship-To GSTIN must be captured wherever the Ship-To party is registered, in Bill-To/Ship-To and Combination sub-types.
  • Where the party receiving the goods is not registered, the string “URP” must be entered.
  • If the Ship-To GSTIN is missing, invalid, suspended, or identical to the Bill-To GSTIN, e-way bill generation fails. The consignment does not move.
  • Where the e-way bill is generated from an e-invoice (IRN API), the Ship-To GSTIN is locked at IRN generation and cannot be amended at the e-way bill stage (GSTN Advisory No. 664, 17 June 2026). Export transactions are excluded.
  • GSTN has clarified that Ship-To GSTIN will not be printed on the e-way bill, will not be shown to transporters, and will not be returned through GET e-way bill APIs it is captured for the department’s audit trail, not for trade disclosure.

Why it matters commercially: the department now has a clean field to cross-verify against GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B. A mismatch between the Ship-To GSTIN on the e-way bill and the recipient GSTIN on the tax invoice is precisely the kind of discrepancy that invites scrutiny, detention under Section 129, and confiscation proceedings under Section 130.

 Change 2: Voluntary e-Way Bill Closure (optional, but you should use it)

Historically an e-way bill just lapsed at midnight on its last valid day. There was no way to tell the system “these goods were delivered.” Cancelled shipments, returned goods and abandoned consignments all left open e-way bills sitting on your GSTIN.

  • GSTN has introduced an EWB Closure facility that records delivery completion against the e-way bill.
  • Who can close it: the supplier, the recipient, the transporter, or the driver / authorised person whose mobile number was registered for closure.
  • Window: on the date of delivery or the immediately succeeding day; the facility remains available up to one day after the e-way bill’s validity expires.
  • Closure is available both on the portal and through a dedicated API (e-way bill number, closure date, remarks).
  • It is voluntary. There is no penalty today for not using it. But an unclosed e-way bill against a shipment that was never delivered is a data point the analytics wing can read the wrong way we recommend closing as standard practice.

 What you must do before 1 August 2026

  1. Ask your ERP or accounting software vendor, in writing, whether the Ship-To GSTIN field has been made mandatory in their e-way bill generation flow, and get a deployment date.
  2. If you use direct API integration, test against the updated NIC Sandbox specifications both the mandatory Ship-To GSTIN field and the new closure API are live there for testing.
  3. Clean your customer masters. Identify every Bill-To / Ship-To and drop-ship pattern in your business and tag the correct delivery-location GSTIN (or URP) against it.
  4. Fix Ship-To address and PIN code data the PIN drives distance and therefore validity.
  5. Brief your dispatch team. A failed e-way bill at 7 p.m. on a Friday is a truck standing idle over the weekend.

E-Way Bill Rules 2026 The Framework at a Glance

Item Position as on July 2026
Legal Basis Section 68 of the CGST Act, 2017 read with Rules 138, 138A, 138B, 138C, 138D and 138E of the CGST Rules, 2017.
Threshold (Inter-State) Applicable where the consignment value exceeds ₹50,000 (including goods value, CGST/SGST/IGST and Compensation Cess).
Threshold (Intra-State) Determined individually by each State/Union Territory, generally ranging from ₹50,000 to ₹2,00,000.
Portals ewaybillgst.gov.in (Portal 1) and ewaybill2.gst.gov.in (Portal 2), with real-time synchronization since 1 July 2025.
Login Requirement Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is mandatory for all taxpayers from 1 April 2025.
Document Age Limit An e-Way Bill can only be generated for documents issued within the previous 180 days (effective from 1 January 2025).
Validity 1 day for every 200 km (regular cargo) and 1 day for every 20 km (over-dimensional cargo).
Extension Window Permitted from 8 hours before until 8 hours after expiry, subject to an overall cap of 360 days from the original generation date.
Blocking Under Rule 138E, GSTIN is blocked from generating e-Way Bills after two consecutive months of non-filing of GSTR-3B (or two quarters of CMP-08 for composition taxpayers).
Ship-To GSTIN Mandatory for Bill-To / Ship-To transactions from 1 August 2026.
e-Way Bill Closure Voluntary e-Way Bill Closure facility available from 1 August 2026.

Who Must Generate the E-Way Bill?

Party When the Obligation Falls on Them Applicable Form
Registered Supplier (Consignor) Default responsibility before the goods leave the supplier's premises. GST EWB-01 (Part A + Part B)
Registered Recipient (Consignee) Where the buyer arranges transportation or receives goods from an unregistered supplier. GST EWB-01 (Part A + Part B)
Transporter Where neither the consignor nor the consignee has generated the e-Way Bill before handing over the goods. Generate e-Way Bill using Part A details
Unregistered Transporter After enrolling on the e-Way Bill portal and obtaining a 15-digit TRANSIN. Generate e-Way Bill on behalf of clients
Transporter (Multiple Consignments) When several consignments are transported in the same vehicle. GST EWB-02 (Consolidated e-Way Bill)
Handicraft Dealer Exempt from GST Registration For inter-state movement of handicraft goods, irrespective of the consignment value. GST EWB-01 (Part A)
Principal / Job Worker For inter-state movement of goods to or from a job worker, irrespective of the value of goods. GST EWB-01

The statutory test is simple and often misread: the obligation sits with the person causing the movement of goods. That is not automatically the seller.

E-Way Bill Limit State-Wise Intra-State Thresholds

The inter-state threshold is Rs. 50,000 across India. For movement within a State, the State sets its own limit. Getting this wrong in either direction costs you generate below the limit and you create needless data; miss the limit and you have an unlawful movement.

State / UT Intra-State Threshold Notes
Uttar Pradesh ₹50,000 Applicable to all taxable goods.
Maharashtra ₹1,00,000 Inter-state movement threshold remains ₹50,000.
Delhi ₹1,00,000 Applicable for intra-state movement above this value.
Tamil Nadu ₹1,00,000 Applicable to all taxable goods.
Punjab ₹1,00,000 Inter-state threshold remains ₹50,000.
Bihar ₹1,00,000 Applicable for intra-state movement above this limit.
Jharkhand ₹1,00,000 Not applicable to specified exempt goods.
Madhya Pradesh ₹1,00,000 Excludes tobacco, pan masala, medicines, surgical goods and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
Rajasthan ₹2,00,000 (Within City) ₹1,00,000 for other intra-state movement; specified goods are excluded.
West Bengal ₹50,000 Threshold reduced from ₹1,00,000 with effect from 1 December 2023.
Chhattisgarh ₹50,000 Applicable only to 15 notified goods.
Goa ₹50,000 Applicable only to 22 specified goods.
Kerala ₹50,000 Gold covered under mandatory e-Way Bill requirements from 20 January 2025.
Jammu & Kashmir No Intra-State e-Way Bill ₹50,000 threshold applies only for inter-state movement.
Haryana, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh & Other States ₹50,000 Applicable to all taxable goods.

How to Generate an E-Way Bill on the Goods and Service Tax E-Way Bill System

Before you start, confirm three things: your GSTIN is active and not suspended, you have a separate login on the e-way bill portal (it is not the same as your GST portal login), and MFA is enabled.

 Step-by-step on the portal

  1. Log in at ewaybillgst.gov.in or the secondary portal ewaybill2.gst.gov.in. Complete MFA with the OTP sent to your registered mobile.
  2. Go to E-Way Bill > Generate New.
  3. Select transaction type (Outward / Inward) and the correct sub-type Supply, Export, Job Work, SKD/CKD, Sales Return, and so on. The sub-type drives which validations fire, including the new Ship-To GSTIN check.
  4. Fill Part A: recipient GSTIN, place of delivery PIN, invoice or challan number and date, value of goods, HSN code, transport document number, reason for transportation. Where the delivery location differs from the billing party, enter the Ship-To GSTIN (or URP).
  5. Fill Part B: vehicle number for road, or Transporter ID plus transport document number and date for rail, air or ship.
  6. Submit. The system issues a unique 12-digit E-Way Bill Number (EBN) with a QR code. Carry it as a printout or electronically.

Validity starts only when Part B is entered for the first time. Until then you hold a Part-A Slip, not an e-way bill a distinction that catches out a surprising number of dispatch teams.

 Other generation channels

  • SMS register the mobile number under Registration > For SMS, then send the prescribed EWBG string. Useful for small transporters and for generating from the road.
  • Android app for registered taxpayers and enrolled transporters, IMEI-linked.
  • Bulk JSON upload for businesses raising dozens of consignments a day.
  • API / ERP integration system-to-system, mandatory in practice for anyone at scale, and the channel most affected by the August 2026 change.
  • Auto-population from e-invoice where e-invoicing applies to you, Part A is pre-filled from the IRN, and you only complete Part B.

Validity and Extension Where Most Penalties Actually Come From

Cargo Type Distance Validity
Regular Cargo Up to 200 km 1 Day
Regular Cargo Every additional 200 km or part thereof +1 Day
Over-Dimensional Cargo (ODC) Up to 20 km 1 Day
Over-Dimensional Cargo (ODC) Every additional 20 km or part thereof +1 Day

Worked example: a 450 km run gets 3 days 1 day for the first 200 km, 1 for the next 200 km, and 1 for the remaining 50 km, which falls inside the next 200 km bracket. Validity expires at midnight on the last day, not 24 hours from generation. If the goods are still on the road when validity lapses, movement must stop. Continuing is treated exactly the same as moving without an e-way bill at all. The extension window is narrow: from 8 hours before expiry to 8 hours after, with a stated reason (vehicle breakdown, natural calamity, trans-shipment delay, law-and-order disruption) and updated Part B. Miss that window and there is no remedy you are exposed. This single operational failure an unextended e-way bill on a delayed long-haul consignment is, in our experience, the most common trigger for Section 129 detention. It is also the most preventable. [VERIFY: replace with a firm-specific observation only if you can support it.]

 When an E-Way Bill Is Not Required

  • Goods carried by a non-motorised conveyance (hand cart, animal-drawn vehicle).
  • Movement from a customs port, airport, air cargo complex or land customs station to an ICD or CFS for clearance.
  • Goods moved under customs supervision, customs seal, or under customs bond between customs stations.
  • Transit cargo to or from Nepal or Bhutan.
  • Goods moved by defence formations under the Ministry of Defence as consignor or consignee.
  • Empty cargo containers.
  • Movement to or from a weighbridge within 20 km, accompanied by a delivery challan.
  • Goods moved by rail where the consignor is the Central Government, a State Government or a local authority.
  • Exempted goods listed in the Annexure to Rule 138(14), goods treated as “no supply” under Schedule III, and goods notified as exempt under the relevant State/UT rules.

Separately, Part B is not required where the distance between the consignor or consignee and the transporter is less than 50 km within the same State. Note the limits of that relief: Part A is still mandatory. It is not a licence to move goods without an e-way bill.

Blocked from Generating E-Way Bills? Rule 138E Explained

Rule 138E is the provision that turns a filing delay into a logistics shutdown.

  • If a registered person has not furnished GSTR-3B for two consecutive tax periods — or CMP-08 for two consecutive quarters under composition — the portal blocks Part A entry against that GSTIN.
  • The block bites both ways. If your customer or supplier is blocked, you cannot generate an e-way bill naming them, even if your own compliance is spotless. Transporters are hit hardest here: your client’s default freezes your consignment.
  • Already-generated e-way bills are unaffected — they remain valid, and vehicle details can still be updated.
  • Remedy: file the pending returns to bring pendency below two tax periods, and the facility restores automatically. In genuine hardship you can apply to the jurisdictional officer in Form EWB-05; if accepted, the officer unblocks in Form EWB-06.

Practical takeaway for transporters: run a GSTR-3B filing-status check on the GST portal as part of client onboarding, the same way you would run a credit check. Two minutes of due diligence prevents a warehouse full of stranded goods.

Penalties for E-Way Bill Non-Compliance

Provision Trigger Consequence
Section 122, CGST Act Transporting taxable goods without the prescribed GST documents, including a valid e-Way Bill where required. Penalty of ₹10,000 or the amount of tax sought to be evaded, whichever is higher.
Section 129 (Owner Comes Forward) Detention or seizure of goods and the conveyance during transit. Applicable tax plus a penalty equal to 200% of the tax payable.
Section 129 (Owner Does Not Come Forward) Detention or seizure of goods and the conveyance during transit. Penalty equal to 50% of the value of the goods, reduced by the tax already paid.
Section 129 (Exempt Goods) Detention of exempt goods during transportation. Penalty of 2% of the value of the goods or ₹25,000, whichever is lower.
Section 130 Movement of goods with the intention to evade tax, or failure to pay dues within 7 days of the detention notice. Confiscation of both the goods and the conveyance, along with the applicable fine.
Appeal Against a Section 129 Order Appeal filed before the Appellate Authority against a detention order. Mandatory pre-deposit of 25% of the penalty, which is higher than the standard 10% pre-deposit requirement.

Put a number on it. A consignment worth Rs. 8,50,000 at 18% carries Rs. 1,53,000 of tax. A Section 129 detention on that truck is a Rs. 3,06,000 penalty before it moves an inch plus detention charges, plus a missed delivery, plus a customer who now doubts you. The e-way bill that would have prevented it takes four minutes to generate. One useful counterweight: courts have repeatedly held that a genuine clerical error, with no intent to evade, should not attract the full Section 129 penalty. CBIC Circular 64/38/2018-GST provides for a nominal penalty of up to Rs. 1,000 for specified minor discrepancies, and High Courts have quashed penalties arising from obvious typographical mistakes. But that defence has to be built and argued it is not applied automatically at the check post. [VERIFY: if the firm has appeared in such matters, add a one-line, factual case reference here; do not overstate.]

Common E-Way Bill Errors and How We Fix Them

Error Root Cause Recommended Fix
e-Way Bill generation fails from 1 August 2026 Ship-To GSTIN is blank, invalid, or identical to the Bill-To GSTIN. Update ERP field mapping, clean customer master data, and enter URP where the consignee is unregistered.
Invalid GSTIN error Incorrect, inactive, or suspended GSTIN entered. Verify the GSTIN before dispatch. Use URP for unregistered recipients.
Distance not available PIN-to-PIN distance is unavailable in the NIC database. Enter 0 to allow automatic calculation. If unavailable, enter the actual travel distance manually.
Same PIN Code error Source and destination PIN codes are identical. Enter the actual distance (up to 100 km where applicable). An e-Way Bill cannot be generated using identical PIN codes without a valid distance.
Only a Part-A Slip generated Part B details were not completed. Enter the vehicle number or transport document number to complete the e-Way Bill.
Cannot edit the e-Way Bill e-Way Bills become immutable after generation. Cancel the e-Way Bill within 24 hours (provided it has not been verified by a GST officer) and generate a fresh one.
GSTIN blocked Two or more GSTR-3B returns remain pending under Rule 138E. File the pending returns and, where genuine hardship exists, apply using Form EWB-05.
e-Way Bill expired during transit The 8-hour extension window was missed. Implement validity monitoring with automated alerts and file extension requests within the permitted window, supported by documented reasons.

E-Way Bill Helpline Numbers and Support Channels

If you are searching for the e-way bill helpline number for UP or any other State, the position is this: e-way bill support is routed through the national GST helpdesk and the GST Self Service Portal, with State commercial tax departments running their own helpdesks for State-specific issues.

Channel Details Use It For
GST / e-Way Bill Helpdesk (National) 1800-103-4786 (Toll Free) Portal errors, login and MFA issues, e-Way Bill generation failures, and other technical assistance.
GST Self Service Portal selfservice.gstsystem.in Raise and track support tickets with screenshots. This is the preferred support channel as the helpdesk email is being phased out.
Official e-Way Bill Contact Directory docs.ewaybillgst.gov.in → Contact Us Find State-wise nodal officer details, including contacts for Uttar Pradesh and other States.
Uttar Pradesh State Tax Department comtax.up.nic.in → Help Desk Queries related to Uttar Pradesh intra-state thresholds, State check-post issues, and detention matters.
CBIC Mitra Helpdesk 1800-1200-232
cbicmitra.helpdesk@icegate.gov.in
Escalation of Central GST and customs-related issues.
GVC Audit [Verify Firm Phone] / [Verify Firm Email] Professional CA assistance for urgent GST, e-Way Bill, and vehicle detention matters at check posts.

Our E-Way Bill Compliance Services

GVC Audit works with manufacturers, distributors, traders, and transport operators who move goods across India and cannot afford a stopped truck.

 1 August 2026 Readiness Review

  • Map every Bill-To / Ship-To and drop-ship pattern in your business.
  • Audit ERP field mapping for Ship-To GSTIN and confirm the vendor’s deployment date in writing.
  • Sandbox testing support for API and IRN-linked generation, including the new closure API.
  • Customer and delivery-location master clean-up, with URP tagging where consignees are unregistered.

 Day-to-Day E-Way Bill Compliance Management

  • Generation, amendment, cancellation and consolidated e-way bills across your GSTINs.
  • Validity monitoring with escalation before the 8-hour extension window closes.
  • EWB closure discipline once deliveries complete.
  • Reconciliation of e-way bill data against e-invoices, GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B this is the reconciliation the GST analytics wing is already running against you.

 Blocked GSTIN and Notice Support

  • Rule 138E unblocking bringing return pendency below the threshold and, where warranted, Form EWB-05 representation.
  • Response to Section 129 detention notices within the 7-day window.
  • Representation in Section 130 confiscation proceedings and appeals, including the 25% pre-deposit position.

 Transporter-Specific Support

  • TRANSIN enrolment for unregistered transporters.
  • Counterparty GSTR-3B filing-status due diligence at client onboarding.
  • Driver and dispatch-desk SOPs, in the language your team actually uses.

Frequently Asked Questions For E-Way Bill Compliance

E-way bill compliance is the end-to-end obligation to generate a valid e-way bill on the GST e-way bill system before moving goods worth more than Rs. 50,000, to keep it valid for the whole journey, and to ensure its data matches your invoice and GST returns. It sits under Section 68 of the CGST Act and Rules 138 to 138E of the CGST Rules, 2017.

From 1 August 2026, the Ship-To GSTIN is a mandatory field in Bill-To/Ship-To and Combination transactions wherever the party receiving the goods is registered. Where the consignee is unregistered, “URP” must be entered. If the field is blank, invalid, or the same as the Bill-To GSTIN, e-way bill generation will fail. The change was originally set for 15 June 2026 and was deferred to allow ERP and API readiness.

Rs. 50,000 for inter-state movement, uniformly across India. For intra-state movement each State sets its own threshold  Rs. 50,000 in Uttar Pradesh, Rs. 1,00,000 in Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Punjab, and up to Rs. 2,00,000 for within-city movement in Rajasthan.

One day for every 200 km for regular cargo, and one day for every 20 km for over-dimensional cargo. Validity starts when Part B is first entered and expires at midnight on the last day, not 24 hours after generation.

Yes, but only within a narrow window from 8 hours before expiry to 8 hours after with a valid reason such as vehicle breakdown, natural calamity, trans-shipment delay or a law-and-order disruption, and updated Part B details. Extensions are capped at 360 days from the original date of generation. Outside that window the only option is to stop the goods and generate a fresh e-way bill.

Under Rule 138E, a GSTIN is blocked once GSTR-3B has not been filed for two consecutive tax periods (or CMP-08 for two consecutive quarters). Filing the pending returns restores the facility automatically. In hardship cases you can apply to the jurisdictional officer in Form EWB-05, and unblocking is granted in Form EWB-06.

Under Section 122, Rs. 10,000 or the tax sought to be evaded, whichever is higher. Under Section 129, on detention in transit, the penalty is 200% of the tax payable where the owner comes forward, or 50% of the value of the goods where they do not. Goods and the vehicle can be detained on the spot, and Section 130 confiscation can follow.

It can be cancelled within 24 hours of generation, provided the goods have not moved and the e-way bill has not already been verified by an officer. It cannot be edited only Part B vehicle details can be updated. To correct anything in Part A, cancel within the window and regenerate.

Yes, subject to the threshold your State has notified. Several States apply a higher limit than Rs. 50,000 for intra-state movement, and a few exempt certain goods entirely, so the answer depends on the State of movement and the goods involved.

E-way bill support runs through the national GST helpdesk on 1800-103-4786 and the GST Self Service Portal at selfservice.gstsystem.in. State-specific escalation for Uttar Pradesh is handled by the UP State Tax Department helpdesk and the State nodal officer listed on the official e-way bill Contact Us page. [VERIFY the exact UP nodal number before publishing.]

Not yet the EWB Closure facility introduced from 1 August 2026 is voluntary and carries no penalty for non-use. It allows the supplier, recipient, transporter or authorised driver to record delivery on the date of delivery or the next day. We still recommend closing as routine, because open e-way bills against undelivered consignments look like anomalies in the department’s analytics.

No. An e-invoice reports the transaction to the invoice registration portal; an e-way bill authorises the physical movement of goods. Where e-invoicing applies to you, the IRN auto-populates Part A of the e-way bill  but Part B, validity and closure remain your obligation.

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