GST Council approves mandatory e-way Bill compliance from February 1.

Some states might roll out both inter-state and intra-state e-Way Bill from February 1 on a voluntary basis, the council said. However, implementation of e-Way Bill for intra-state movement will done in a staggered manner from February.

An e-way bill is required for movement of goods worth more than Rs 50,000. When goods are transported for less than 10 km within the state, the supplier or the transporter need not furnish details on the portal.

The meeting was held via video conferencing and deliberate on cementing gaps in the system as well as curbing evasion.

This is the 24th meeting of the Council. The last meeting was held in Guwahati in November where taxes on 178 items were slashed.

In an earlier meeting, the Council had decided that e-way bill – an electronic document generated on the GST Network portal – would be introduced in a staggered manner from January 1 and subsequently nation-wide from April 1.

The GST revenue for October stood at Rs 83,346 crore, the lowest compared to the first three months since the implementation of GST from July 1. It was significantly down from the September figure of Rs 95,131 crore.