The Commissioner of State Tax, Maharashtra has issued a notification amending an earlier notification which stated that on or after the 1st April 2018, no e-way bill shall be required to be generated, for the intra-State movement that commences and terminates within the State of Maharashtra, in respect of any goods of any value. As per clause 2 of the earlier notification, the notification shall be in force until further orders are issued.
The new notification has amended clause 2 and has fixed an expiry date for the Notification, i.e. 30th April 2018.
This would mean that from 1st May onwards e-way bill will become a requirement for the intra-State movement that commences and terminates within the State of Maharashtra.
Already six States-Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh has implemented e-way bill system for intra-state movement of goods. E-way bills will be mandatory for intra-State trade in respect of these six more states- Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura and Uttarakhand -from April 20.
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