An e-way bill is a document required for the movement of goods from one place to another. The e-way bill number is a unique number made available to the supplier, the recipient, the transporter and to government officials, to identify the genuineness of the movement of goods. In this module, you will learn what is an e-way bill, when it is needed, who can generate e-way bill, what documents are required for generating the e-way bill, the validity of the e-way bill as well as how it can be cancelled or rejected. In the later part of the module, you will learn about e-way bill reconciliation. E-way bill reconciliation is a process to reconcile e-way bills against the invoices raised. This helps reduce the incidence of fraud or fake invoicing and improves overall compliance. We will explain the framework of e-way bill reconciliation and take you through the entire reconciliation process. We shall also discuss various issues that come up during such process of reconciliation.

The words ‘accounts’ and ‘records’ are not separately defined under the GST law. The law has a common standard (subject to a few exceptions) in relation to maintenance of books of accounts, irrespective of the type of industry, nature of the product or the size of the operations. The maintenance of timely accounts and records plays a pivotal role in undertaking monthly or annual compliances under GST. In this module, you will learn the accounts and records required to be maintained by a taxpayer under the GST law. We shall also discuss some of the key performance indicators of an organization that are important for management from a GST perspective, the MIS reports which are required for obtaining data pertaining to such KPI's.