2 eWaybills 1 Invoice

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Eajaz Ahmad

Accountant

125 Points Posted on 20 July 2024

Dear Experts..
We received a notice from the GST department that 2 eWaybills have been issued against a single invoice in the year 2018.
We rechecked it, the department is right. The question is how were 2 eWaybills got created against a single invoice number.

The Invoice number, Date, Qty, Amount, and of course the Tax is also the same, only there is a time difference of 1 hour.

Kindly help us to resolve this matter.
Thanks
Eajaz

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Quick Summary

This discussion addresses a GST notice received for generating two eWaybills against a single invoice in 2018. While the system now prevents this, it was possible before April 2019 due to technical limitations. The advice suggests providing the invoice, eWaybills, and supporting documents to the GST department, explaining the inadvertent error. It also recommends highlighting that the functionality to prevent multiple eWaybills on one invoice was only introduced later, and suggests seeking further expert advice.

CA Anoop Kumar Sharma

Accounts Manager

1470 Points Posted on 20 July 2024

After April 2019 the policy of “one invoice, one e-way bill” was been introduced embedded in the system too via making enhancements in the E-way bill portal. Prior to this, due to technical issues and the introduction of the new GST system, many taxpayers inadvertently generated two or more e-way bills for a single invoice. In such cases, you should respond with the actual invoice, the corresponding e-way bill, and any other supporting documents, providing a clear explanation for the multiple e-way bills. Hopefully, the GST officer will offer some remedies for this issue, which often arises from a lack of awareness.

You may write reply functionality of multiple generation of E-way bill on the same invoice was specifically blocked through enhancement in E-way bill system introduced in the month of April 2019. Prior to that the portal allowed generation of multiple E-way bills on single invoice. Hence the inadvertent error persisted due to non-availability of functionality. Hence punishing the taxpayer with the demand of tax in the initial phase of implementation of the GST law due to clerical mistakes, when the requisite functionality itself was not available is undue and harsh and therefore should be dropped.

I will also suggest take more advise with GST Expert.

Aashok Kumar Sharma

Finance/Compliance Consultant

72695 Points Posted on 07 November 2026

One invoice, one e-way bill:

• From 2019, the e-way bill system doesn't allow generating more than one EWB for the same document number by the same consignor. A duplicate usually happens through different users or document types, or by a transporter generating it.

• Cancel the duplicate within 24 hours (if not verified in transit). If it can't be cancelled, explain to the department that only one movement happened (with the vehicle details, delivery proof, and toll or FASTag data).

• Exception: goods supplied in semi-knocked-down or completely-knocked-down condition, or in batches, can move in multiple consignments against one invoice with multiple delivery challans and EWBs (Rule 55(5)).

• Respond to the notice with evidence of a single supply and tax paid once.