Faulty e-way bills help detect Rs 276 million worth of tax evasion

E-way bills were introduced for inter-state movement of goods worth more than Rs 50,000 from April 1, 2018, to track carriage of such items and detect goods and services tax (GST) evasion. It was introduced for intra-state movement in phases, and the system became mandatory across the country by the end of June. 

 

As the system is in its initial stages, the evasion detected by the e-way bill system is a very small proportion of the total evasion under the ambit of the GST. Of the evasion