E-way Bill Update: 2 Factor Authentication deadline for taxpayers with AATO above 100 crore extended till July 31st, 2023

The GST E-way bill system issued an Update related to extension of 2 Factor Authentication for all taxpayers with AATO above 100 crore till July 31, 2023.

E-Waybill System is provisioned with following new features for the Enrolled Transporters, Common Enrolled Taxpayers.

1. De-registration for Transporters: The transporters registered in e-Waybill Portal using Enrolment (based on PAN) and no longer want to continue in e-waybill system can now de-enrol themselves in the e-Waybill System. Once de-enrolled, they will not be able to access the e-Waybill portal. So, any enrolled transporter willing to de-register in EWB system can make use of this facility.

The Transporter Id cannot be used in e-Waybills once it has been de-registered. Furthermore, the Part-B data for the de-registered Transporter Id cannot be altered.

2. Cancellation of Common Enrolment: Some of the taxpayers have done common enrolment but do not want to continue with common enrol Id for whatever reason. Such taxpayers can cancel the same. So, a facility to de-register from common enrolment is provisioned. Taxpayers can make use of this facility to de-register.

• When the common enrolling Id is terminated, it can no longer be used to update the transporter information. However, before the cancellation, the Part-B data for EWBs that have already been allocated with a common enrollment Id can be modified.
• A time limit of 1 month will be provided after the cancellation of common enrolment. Subsequently, the login will be blocked and no further activity can be performed in the e-Waybill system.
• Once the common enrol id is cancelled, the user can again login using the credentials of his/her GSTIN and generate e-waybills.

3. 2 Factor authentication: In order to secure the e-waybill login access, 2 Factor Authentication(2FA) is enabled and kept optional. However, after couple of weeks, 2FA will be made mandatory. The users operating e-waybill system from multiple locations and with single credential are advised to create sub-users immediately.