Error in Eway Bill

Error in Eway Bill

Dear Sir,
One of my client has filed a wrong e-way bill where in they hv mentioned 100kms instead of 1600kms.The GST officer at Gujarat office has asked them to deposit 43lakh as penalty.
All the info in e-way bill except for the km information is properly filled.Its a manual error & penalty value is too high.
What can be done to waive off the penalty

Asked 6 years ago in GST

I don't think they can ask for such huge amount of penalty.

I think they are charging 100% value of goods which is charged in case the transporter doesn't carry proper documents.

In this case you can quote Kerala High court judgement in the case of Rai Prexim India Private Ltd where it was held that in case of any mistake due to human error no penalty can be charged if proper tax has been paid by the assessee.

Hope you find the information helpful if you do please rate it 5 and provide your valuable feedback for my improvement.

Thank you

Naman Maloo

CA, Jaipur

4303 Answers

101 Consultations

Talk to Naman Maloo

What is the value of goods and tax?

Vivek Kumar Arora

CA, Delhi

5016 Answers

1140 Consultations

Talk to Vivek Kumar Arora

You might have entered the PIN code of receiver in e-way bill. Thus it will be easy to prove that it is because of factual error on part of your client and not some intentional deed.

You should clearly speak to the Officer that it is not acceptable & such incident has happened because of mistake & you are ready to defend it. Law is in your side & it can easily be defended.

Do not pay the penalty.

Get a good local C.A.