2-Factor Authentication mandatory for taxpayers with AATO above Rs.100 crore from 15th July 2023
GST
Dated:- 14-6-2023
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has announced that 2-factor authentication (2FA) will be made mandatory for all taxpayers with an Aggregate Annual Turnover (AATO) above Rs. 100 crore from July 15, 2023. This is being done to enhance the security of the e-Way Bill/e-Invoice System and to prevent fraudulent activities.
To enhance the security of e-Way Bill/e-Invoice System, NIC is introducing 2-Factor Authentication for logging in to e-Way Bill/e-Invoice system. In addition to username and password, OTP will also be authenticated for login.
There are 3 different ways of receiving the OTP. You may enter a
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your registered mobile number. You should ensure the time displayed in the app should be in sync with e- Waybill /e-Invoice system. On opening the app, OTP is displayed. You may enter this OTP and continue the authentication. The OTP gets refreshed after every 30 seconds. You will not require internet or any dependency on mobile network for generating the OTP on this app.
Registration for 2-Factor Authentication
On logging to e-Waybill System go to Main Menu→ 2 Factor Authentication and confirm the registration. Once confirmed, the system will ask OTP along- with username and password. The OTP authentication is based on individual user accounts. The sub users of GSTIN will have separate authentication depending on their registered mo
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