E-WAY BILL
EWay Bill is an Electronic Way bill for movement of goods to be generated on the eWay Bill Portal. A GST registered person cannot transport goods in a vehicle whose value exceeds Rs. 50,000 (Single Invoice/bill/delivery challan) without an e-way bill that is generated on ewaybillgst.gov.in.
The following steps need to be done to complete the Configuration of the E way bill.
- Enable E-Way Bill Feature
- Set E-Way Bill Threshold
- Configure Customer and Vendor Records
- Generate E-Way Bill File
- Submit E-Way Bill File to Online Portal
- Update Transactions in NetSuite
- Enable the E-way Bill Feature:
- Navigation: Setup > India Localization > Configuration.
- On the E-Way Bill subtab, check the E-Way Bill box under the Enable Feature section.
- Save
- E-Way Bill Threshold was set:
- Setup > India Localization > Configuration.
- Click on the E-Way Bill subtab.
- In the E-Way Bill Threshold section, chosen the threshold basis Invoice Total Value
- Enter the Threshold Amount and select the Classification of Supply.
- Set the Effective From date
- Save
- Configured the Vendor Record:
- Navigation: Lists > Relationships > Customer
- Select the customer and edit
- Under the Financials subtab, edit the tax registration
- Tax registrations are available as the following for the customer mentioned above:
- Created an invoice with the Customer mentioned above and with the tax item type as goods in the item record and with an Indian location and billing details.
- Generated the E-Way Bill File:
- Navigation: Reports > Tax > Generate E-Way Bill.
- Selected the subsidiary, GSTIN (SUBSIDIARY TAX REG. NUMBER) and checked the transactions to include in the E-Way Bill file.
- Clicked Generate to export the file as CSV
- Submit the E-Way Bill file to the E-Way Bill online portal
- After generating an E-Way Bill in CSV format, we need to convert it to a JSON file. Use the generated JSON file to upload the data into the online portal and generate an E-Way Bill. To submit the E–Way bill file online, the following steps are done:
- Download the free E-Way Bill JSON Preparation tool (Ver 1.0.1118) from the E-Way Bill online portal: EWB_Preparation_Tool.xlsm (live.com)
- Copy the necessary details from the CSV file and paste it into the E-Way Bill offline tool.
- Using the tool, generate a JSON file.
- Upload the JSON file to the government E-Way Bill online portal.
- Generate the E-Way Bill for the submitted transaction data.
- The E-Way Bill online portal will produce the E-Way Bill Number (EBN) and the E-Way Bill Date. Take note of these values as you will need to enter this information back to NetSuite.
- Update Transactions in NetSuite:
- Once, the E way Bill is generated, Enter the generated E-Way Bill Number (EBN) and E-Way Bill Date back into NetSuite