Notified specified documents to be kept by person-in-charge of conveyance transporting goods of consignment value exceeding fifty thousand rupees instead of e-way bill from any place within odisha to another place within odisha. - NO.507/CT. [POL-41/3/2017 - Orissa SGST

ODISHA GOVERNMENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION NO.507/CT. [POL-41/3/2017], DATED 8-1-2018 Whereas, with the issue of Notification No.38443/F dated 30.12.2017 by the State Government appointing 1st day of February 2018 as the date from which Rule 138,138A, 138B, 138C and 138D of the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Rules will be effective, it will be mandatory for a person in charge of a conveyance transporting goods, either inter-state or intra-state, of consignment value exceeding fifty thousand rupees to carry the following documents as prescribed in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 138A from 1st day of February' 2018, namely:- (a) the invoice or bill of supply or delivery challan, as the case may be; and (b) a copy of the e-way bill or the e-way bill number, either physically or mapped to a Radio Frequency Identification Device embedded on to the conveyance in such manner as may be notified by the Commissioner. And whereas, in the pre-GST period, there was no provision of e-way bill under the Odisha Value Added Tax Act, 2005 and rules framed there under for intra-state transportation of goods within Odisha. And whereas, it is being felt that the stakeholders need some more time to get acquainted with the e-way bill provisions for intra-state transportation of goods within Odisha. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (5) of rule 138A of the Odisha Goods and Service Tax Rules, 2017, read with Section 168 of the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Odisha Act 7 of 2017) I, Saswat Mishra (I.A.S), Commissioner of State Tax, do hereby specify that the person-in-charge of the conveyance transporting goods of consignment value exceeding fifty thousand rupees from any place within Odisha to another place within Odisha shall carry the following documents instead of the e-way bill, namely :- (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. This Notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st of February, 2018.