India puts the proposed e-Way Bill enhancements on hold until further notice (GSTN advisory, 29 July 2026)
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- Jurisdiction
- India
- Tax
- GST
- Change type
- E-invoicing
- Status
- In force
- Impact
- FYI
- Announced
- 29 July 2026
- Effective
- 29 July 2026
- Authority
- GSTN (Goods and Services Tax Network)
- Systems
- ERP, Invoicing
- Verified
- Fetched from official source · high confidence
GST-registered taxpayers, transporters and ERP vendors using the e-Way Bill system.
No action — monitoring only. Do not deploy the Ship-To GSTIN / EWB closure changes to production until GSTN announces a new date.
ERPInvoicing
GSTN advisory dated 29 July 2026 ('Advisory on Keeping on Hold the Proposed e-Way Bill Enhancements', GST portal news item 668) states that the e-Way Bill enhancements announced in advisories of 9 and 17 June 2026 (FAQs dated 1 July 2026), scheduled for 1 August 2026 (mandatory Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions and the voluntary e-Way Bill closure facility), are kept on hold until further notice. No production changes are required under those advisories, which together with the FAQs are to be withdrawn from the GST portal. No new date is given.
What changed in detail
The e-Way Bill enhancements that were scheduled for 1 August 2026 are on hold, with no new date. A GSTN advisory dated 29 July 2026 (GST portal news item 668, ‘Advisory on Keeping on Hold the Proposed e-Way Bill Enhancements’) states that implementation has been kept on hold until further notice.
The enhancements were announced in advisories of 9 and 17 June 2026, with FAQs of 2 July 2026. They covered a mandatory Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions and a voluntary e-Way Bill closure facility. No production changes are required under those advisories, and the advisories and FAQs are to be withdrawn from the GST portal.
This replaces the earlier position that the changes would go live on 1 August 2026.
What it means
Nothing needs to change in e-Way Bill integrations for 1 August: the Ship-To GSTIN requirement and the closure facility are not live. Because no new date is given, teams that had already built to the June advisories may want to keep the work ready rather than discard it, but should not ship it to production on the strength of the withdrawn advisories. Watch the GST portal for a fresh advisory.
Proof
It is hereby informed that the implementation of the above-mentioned enhancements has been kept on hold until further notice
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What this replaces
- GSTN deferred the implementation of two E-Way Bill functionalities - mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions and the voluntary E-Way Bill closure facility - from 15 June 2026 to 1 August 2026, per an advisory issued in June 2026 referencing the earlier advisory dated 20 May 2026. effective 1 August 2026
- GSTN makes Ship-to GSTIN mandatory on the e-invoice API effective 1 August 2026