Business Standard

West Bengal exempts e-way bill for job work, but industry may not complain

The state government has already raised the threshold to generate bills from Rs 50,000 to Rs 100,000 worth of transported goods

e-way bill
Premium

The e-way bill portal collapsed on the very first day of its introduction on February 1, when only 480,000 bills were generated. To avoid a repeat, the load has been increased to 7.5 million this time

Indivjal Dhasmana New Delhi
The West Bengal government has exempted job work from the requirement of generating e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods, a move that may raise the burden on the industry to track rules for different states.

However, the industry might not complain as this is a beneficial provision, even as there is distortion in one nation-one tax principle of GST, say experts.

The state government has already raised the threshold to generate bills from Rs 50,000 to Rs 100,000 worth of transported goods. 


States can

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in