Pratik Jain
Leader, Indirect Tax, PwC India
PwC's E-Way Bill Solution
What is an e-way bill?
For movement of goods across India, the GST law provides a mechanism for generation of e-way bill (EWB) number electronically, a document/number to be carried by the person-in-charge of conveyance.
What is PwC's E-Way Bill Solution?
PwC's E-Way Bill Solution is a single comprehensive solution having pan-India control over e-way bill function. It provides a seamless workflow and collaboration platform among stakeholders, with an audit trail and integrates with PwC's GST Compliance Solution.
The solution also includes various data validation checks to ensure data accuracy which enable EWB generation without any manual intervention.
Leadership insights
Our partners share their insights on the e-way bill and explain how PwC's E-Way Bill Solution helps organisations manage their e-way bill compliances.
How does it work?
Invoice/transaction level data is uploaded on PwC E-Way Bill Solution via identified data ingestion technique
PwC E-Way Bill Solution performs various validation checks to ensure data accuracy – Option for user to undertake corrective actions
Finalised data is uploaded on government portal via APIs as provided by the government – Based on which EWB number is generated by government portal
Post generation of EWB, user can undertake various actions through the solution like update vehicle details, cancel EWB, extend (re-generate) EWB etc
Key features
Update vehicle movement status
Data validation checks to ensure data accuracy
Optional maker-checker facility
Collaboration platform for consignor/ consignee/ transporter
Mobile app for anytime/ anywhere access
Alerts (email/ App/ SMS) for relevant events
Continuous monitoring of compliances (EWB expiry, closure, etc.)
Reconciliation with GST returns
Excel export of EWB details
Dashboards/MIS related to EWB compliances
Access controls mechanism
Audit trail
Benefits
PwC's E-Way Bill Solution
- Pan-India visibility with one login
- Seamless integration with government portal
- Robust access control mechanism; BU/SBU-wise configuration
- Workflow for key transactions like multiple EWB against one invoice
- Comprehensive data validation checks
- Ability to generate reports for any period
- MIS reports to identify exceptions (graphs, trend analysis, etc.)
- Action-oriented dashboard
- Alerts for key events like EWB nearing expiry, vehicle updates, etc.
- Additional workflow to close EWB on delivery of goods
- Reconciliation with GST returns (key agenda of authorities)
- EWB utilisation report (key requirement from authorities)
- Audit trail of all actions undertaken by users
- Collaboration platform for transporter/consignee
Government portal
- Separate login for each registration
- Manual punching of data
- Limited access control mechanism
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- Limited data validation checks
- Reports generated for one day at a time
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- Limited alerts
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PwC’s GST Compliance Solution
With GST already implemented from 1 July 2017, it is critical that you explore how technology can help to ensure timely and effective compliances.
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Why PwC?
Proven track record in Tax Technology space
PwC's E-Way Bill Solution
50+
Companies
1,500+
GSTIN
1 Mn+
EWBs processed
10,000+
EWB daily run rate
PwC's GST Compliance Solution
650+
Companies
4,000+
GSTINs
65,000+
Returns processed
650 Mn+
Transactions processed
GST app (GSTwithPwC)
33K + users
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