GST – States – 281-F.T.-12/2018-State Tax – Dated:- 7-3-2018 – GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL FINANCE DEPARTMENT REVENUE NOTIFICATION No. 281-F.T. Howrah, the 7th day of March, 2018. No. 12/2018-State Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (West Ben. Act XXVIII of 2017), the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following rules further to amend the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:- (1) These rules may be called the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2018. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. In the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, – (i) in rule 117, in sub-rule (4), in clause (b), for sub-clause (iii), the following shall be substituted with immediate effect, namely:- "(iii) The registered person availing of this scheme and
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cally, on the common portal along with such other information as may be required on the common portal and a unique number will be generated on the said portal: Provided that the transporter, on an authorization received from the registered person, may furnish information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01, electronically, on the common portal along with such other information as may be required on the common portal and a unique number will be generated on the said portal: Provided further that where the goods to be transported are supplied through an e-commerce operator or a courier agency, on an authorization received from the consignor, the information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 may be furnished by such e-commerce operator or courier agency and a unique number will be generated on the said portal: Provided also that where goods are sent by a principal located in one State or Union territory to a job worker located in any other State or Union territory, the e-way bill shall be generated e
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, State or Union territory tax, integrated tax and cess charged, if any, in the document and shall exclude the value of exempt supply of goods where the invoice is issued in respect of both exempt and taxable supply of goods. (2) Where the goods are transported by the registered person as a consignor or the recipient of supply as the consignee, whether in his own conveyance or a hired one or a public conveyance, by road, the said person shall generate the e-way bill in FORM GST EWB-01 electronically on the common portal after furnishing information in Part B of FORM GST EWB-01. (2A) Where the goods are transported by railways or by air or vessel, the e-way bill shall be generated by the registered person, being the supplier or the recipient, who shall, either before or after the commencement of movement, furnish, on the common portal, the information in Part B of FORM GST EWB-01: Provided that where the goods are transported by railways, the railways shall not deliver the goods unless
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are transported for a distance of upto fifty kilometers within the State or Union territory from the place of business of the consignor to the place of business of the transporter for further transportation, the supplier or the recipient, or as the case may be, the transporter may not furnish the details of conveyance in Part B of FORM GST EWB-01. Explanation 1.-For the purposes of this sub-rule, where the goods are supplied by an unregistered supplier to a recipient who is registered, the movement shall be said to be caused by such recipient if the recipient is known at the time of commencement of the movement of goods. Explanation 2.-The e-way bill shall not be valid for movement of goods by road unless the information in Part-B of FORM GST EWB-01 has been furnished except in the case of movements covered under the third proviso to sub-rule (3) and the proviso to sub-rule (5). (4) Upon generation of the e-way bill on the common portal, a unique e-way bill number (EBN) shall be made a
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nsignment: Provided that after the details of the conveyance have been updated by the transporter in Part B of FORM GST EWB-01, the consignor or recipient, as the case may be, who has furnished the information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 shall not be allowed to assign the e-way bill number to another transporter. (6) After e-way bill has been generated in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (1), where multiple consignments are intended to be transported in one conveyance, the transporter may indicate the serial number of e-way bills generated in respect of each such consignment electronically on the common portal and a consolidated e-way bill in FORM GST EWB-02 may be generated by him on the said common portal prior to the movement of goods. (7) Where the consignor or the consignee has not generated the e-way bill in FORM GST EWB-01 and the aggregate of the consignment value of goods carried in the conveyance is more than fifty thousand rupees, the transporter, except in case o
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ill has been generated under this rule, but goods are either not transported or are not transported as per the details furnished in the e-way bill, the e-way bill may be cancelled electronically on the common portal within twenty four hours of generation of the e-way bill: Provided that an e-way bill cannot be cancelled if it has been verified in transit in accordance with the provisions of rule 138B: Provided further that the unique number generated under sub-rule (1) shall be valid for a period of fifteen days for updation of Part B of FORM GST EWB-01. (10) An e-way bill or a consolidated e-way bill generated under this rule shall be valid for the period as mentioned in column (3) of the Table below from the relevant date, for the distance, within the country, the goods have to be transported, as mentioned in column (2) of the said Table:- TABLE Sl. No. Distance Validity period (1) (2) (3) 1. Upto 100 km. One day in cases other than Over Dimensional Cargo 2. For every 100 km. or part
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period expiring at midnight of the day immediately following the date of generation of e-way bill. Explanation 2.- For the purposes of this rule, the expression "Over Dimensional Cargo" shall mean a cargo carried as a single indivisible unit and which exceeds the dimensional limits prescribed in rule 93 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, made under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988). (11) The details of the e-way bill generated under this rule shall be made available to the- (a) supplier, if registered, where the information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 has been furnished by the recipient or the transporter; or (b) recipient, if registered, where the information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 has been furnished by the supplier or the transporter, on the common portal, and the supplier or the recipient, as the case may be, shall communicate his acceptance or rejection of the consignment covered by the e-way bill. (12) Where the person to whom the information specif
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as in the State and for values not exceeding such amount as the Commissioner of State Tax, in consultation with the Principal Chief Commissioner/Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, may, subject to conditions that may be specified, notify; (e) where the goods, other than de-oiled cake, being transported, are specified in the Schedule appended to notification No. 1126-F.T. dated the 28th June, 2017 as amended from time to time; (f) where the goods being transported are alcoholic liquor for human consumption, petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), natural gas or aviation turbine fuel; (g) where the supply of goods being transported is treated as no supply under Schedule III of the Act; (h) where the goods are being transported- (i) under customs bond from an inland container depot or a container freight station to a customs port, airport, air cargo complex and land customs station, or from one customs station or customs port to another customs station
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d by a delivery challan issued in accordance with rule 55. Explanation. – The facility of generation, cancellation, updation and assignment of e-way bill shall be made available through SMS to the supplier, recipient and the transporter, as the case may be. ANNEXURE [(See rule 138 (14)] S. No. Description of Goods (1) (2) 1. Liquefied petroleum gas for supply to household and non domestic exempted category (NDEC) customers 2. Kerosene oil sold under PDS 3. Postal baggage transported by Department of Posts 4. Natural or cultured pearls and precious or semi-precious stones; precious metals and metals clad with precious metal (Chapter 71) 5. Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares and other articles (Chapter 71) 6. Currency 7. Used personal and household effects 8. Coral, unworked (0508) and worked coral (9601)"; (iii for rule 138A, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- "138A. Documents and devices to be carried by a person-in-charge of a conveyance.-(
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e basis of the information furnished in FORM GST INV-1. (4) The Commissioner may, by notification, require a class of transporters to obtain a unique Radio Frequency Identification Device and get the said device embedded on to the conveyance and map the e-way bill to the Radio Frequency Identification Device prior to the movement of goods. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (b) of sub-rule (1), where circumstances so warrant, the Commissioner may, by notification, require the person-in-charge of the conveyance to carry the following documents instead of the e-way bill (a) tax invoice or bill of supply or bill of entry; or (b) a delivery challan, where the goods are transported for reasons other than by way of supply."; (iv) for rule 138B, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- "138B. Verification of documents and conveyances.- (1) The Commissioner or an officer empowered by him in this behalf may authorize the proper officer to intercept any conveyanc
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eport of every inspection of goods in transit shall be recorded online by the proper officer in Part A of FORM GST EWB-03 within twenty four hours of inspection and the final report in Part B of FORM GST EWB-03 shall be recorded within three days of such inspection. (2) Where the physical verification of goods being transported on any conveyance has been done during transit at one place within the State or Union territory or in any other State or Union territory, no further physical verification of the said conveyance shall be carried out again in the State or Union territory, unless a specific information relating to evasion of tax is made available subsequently."; (vi) for rule 138D, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- "138D. Facility for uploading information regarding detention of vehicle.-Where a vehicle has been intercepted and detained for a period exceeding thirty minutes, the transporter may upload the said information in FORM GST EWB-04 on the common p
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llan or Bill of Entry. 3. Transport Document number indicates Goods Receipt Number or Railway Receipt Number or Forwarding Note number or Parcel way bill number issued by railways or Airway Bill Number or Bill of Lading Number. 4. Place of Delivery shall indicate the PIN Code of place of delivery. 5. Place of dispatch shall indicate the PIN Code of place of dispatch. 6. Where the supplier or the recipient is not registered, then the letters "URP" are to be filled-in in column A.1 or, as the case may be, A.3. 7. Reason for Transportation shall be chosen from one of the following:- Code Description 1 Supply 2 Export or Import 3 Job Work 4 SKD or CKD 5 Recipient not known 6 Line Sales 7 Sales Return 8 Exhibition or fairs 9 For own use 0 Others FORM GST EWB-02 (See rule 138) Consolidated E-Way Bill Consolidated E-Way Bill No. : Consolidated E-Way Bill Date : Generator : Vehicle Number : Number of E-Way Bills E-Way Bill Number FORM GST EWB-03 (See rule138C) Verification Report Par
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if any Address Serial No. of Invoice Date of Invoice Details of Recipient (Billed to) Details of Consignee (Shipped to) GSTIN or UIN, if available Name Address State (name and code) Type of supply – B to B supply B to C supply Attracts Reverse Charge Attracts TCS GSTIN of operator Attracts TDS GSTIN of TDS Authority Export Supplies made to SEZ Deemed export Sl.No. Description of Goods HSN Qty. Unit Price (per unit) Total value Discount, if any Taxable value Central tax State or Union territory tax Integrated tax Cess Rate Amt. Rate Amt. Rate Amt. Rate Amt. Freight Insurance Packing and Forwarding Charges etc. Total Total Invoice Value (in figure) Total Invoice Value (in Words) Signature Name of the Signatory Designation or Status"; (viii) in FORM GST RFD-01, for the DECLARATION [second proviso to section 54(3)], the following shall be substituted with immediate effect, namely:- "DECLARATION [second proviso to section 54(3)] I hereby declare that the goods exported are not su
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