ELECTRONIC WAY BILL COMMON GST PORTAL
The Goods and Services Tax
Act, 2017 came into force with effect from 1.7.2017 in India.
The Goods and Services Tax
Electronic Portal for facilitating registration, payment of tax, furnishing of
returns and computation and settlement of integrated tax launched in India and
went live on 8.11.2016 (Tuesday) to enable easy countrywide enrolment of
taxpayers and the government notified the same as www.gst.gov.in.
Electronic Way Bill is now
introduced with effect from 1.2.2018 in India and for the purpose of generation
of electronic way bill the Government has launched a portal with effect from
16.1.2018 and notified www.ewaybillgst.gov.in as the Common Goods and Services Tax Electronic
portal for furnishing electronic way bill with the following explanation:
Explanation.-
(1)
For
the purposes of this notification, “www.gst.gov.in” means the website managed
by the Goods and Services Tax Network, a company incorporated under the
provisions of section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013); and
(2)
For
the purposes of this notification, “www.ewaybillgst.gov.in” means the website
managed by the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology, Government of India.
The Notification issued by Central Government
is given below for ready reference:
[To
be
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(i)]
Government
of India
Ministry of Finance
Department
of Revenue
Central Board of Excise and Customs
Notification No. 9/2018 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 23rd January, 2018
G.S.R....(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 146 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods
and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), and in supersession of the
notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 4/2017
- Central Tax dated 19th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 606 (E), dated the 19th June, 2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such
supersession, the Central Government hereby notifies www.gst.gov.in as the Common Goods and Services Tax Electronic
Portal for facilitating registration, payment of tax, furnishing of returns and computation and settlement
of integrated
tax
and www.ewaybillgst.gov.in as
the Common Goods and
Services Tax
Electronic
Portal for furnishing electronic way bill.
Explanation.-
(1) For the purposes of this notification, “www.gst.gov.in”
means the website managed by the
Goods
and Services Tax
Network,
a
company
incorporated under
the
provisions of section 8 of the
Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013);
and
(2) For the purposes of this notification, “www.ewaybillgst.gov.in” means the website
managed by
the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India.
2. This
notification shall
be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 16th
day of January, 2018.
[F.
No.349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)]
(Dr. Sreeparvathy S.L.)
Under Secretary to
the Government of India
Note:- The principal notification
No.4/2017-Central Tax, dated
the 19th June, 2017
was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
number G.S.R. 606 (E), dated
the 19th June, 2017.