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1 Tally.ERP 9 Series A Stat.900 Version 234 Release Notes August 18 th 2014

2 The information contained in this document is current as of the date of publication and subject to change. Because Tally must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Tally, and Tally cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. The information provided herein is general, not according to individual circumstances, and is not intended to substitute for informed professional advice. This document is for informational purposes only. TALLY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF WHATEVER NATURE, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE CONTENT OF THIS PUBLICATION, AND/OR ANY CONDUCT UNDERTAKEN BY PLACING RELIANCE ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Complying with all applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws is the responsibility of the user. All rights including copyrights, rights of translation, etc., are vested exclusively with TALLY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED. No part of this document may be reproduced, translated, revised, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Tally may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written licence agreement from Tally, the furnishing of this document does not give you any licence to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. Tally, Tally 9, Tally9, Tally.ERP, Tally.ERP 9, Tally.Server 9, Shoper, Shoper 9, Shoper POS, Shoper HO, Shoper 9 POS, Shoper 9 HO, TallyDeveloper, Tally Developer, Tally.Developer 9, Tally.NET, Tally Development Environment, Tally Extender, Tally Integrator, Tally Integrated Network, Tally Service Partner, TallyAcademy & Power of Simplicity are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in India and/or other countries. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Version: Tally.ERP 9 Series A Release 4.91 Stat.900 Version 234 Release Notes/August 2014

3 Release Notes for Stat.900 Version 234 Contents Excise for Dealers/Importers... 1 Payroll... 1 Tax Deducted at Source... 1 Value Added Tax Excise for Manufacturers... 2 Payroll... 2 Service Tax... 2 Value Added Tax... 2 Release Notes for Stat.900 Versions Excise for Dealers Excise for Manufacturers Fringe Benefit Tax Payroll Performance Service Tax Tax Collected at Source Tax Deducted at Source Value Added Tax Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. i

4 Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal VAT/CST Common Other International Taxation Bangladesh International Taxation Botswana International Taxation Ghana International Taxation Kenya International Taxation Malaysia International Taxation Singapore International Taxation United Kingdom Local Body Tax Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ii

5 Release Notes for Stat.900 Version Excise for Dealers/ Importers As per statutory rules, new XML schema is provided to include the return type Importer. Since the same schema is applicable to dealers for filing e-returns, the e-return feature is enhanced with the necessary changes. Payroll As per the Union Budget , changes to exemption and deduction limits of Income Tax are supported. In Sahaj (ITR1) a new field is introduced to capture sec 80EE under Part C of Deductions and Taxable Total Income. Tax Deducted at Source As per the requirements of e-tds/tcs FVU Version 4.3, new state code 36 for Telangana has been added and the same gets displayed in Form 26Q, Form 27Q, Form 27EQ and Form 24Q e-returns. Value Added Tax Haryana The value of entries recorded using the following VAT/Tax Classifications are displayed in the relevant forms: 8% Tax Rate / LP-7A-8% Purchase - Works 8% Tax Rate/LP-7A- Works 8% Purchase of Goods at Lower Rate of Tax - 8% / LP-7B-8% Purchased in the Course of Inter-State 8%/ LP-3-8% Purchased Outside the State (for Sale 8%/ LP-1-8% 8% Tax Rate / LS-9A-8% Sales - Works 8% Tax Rate/ LS-9A- Works 8% Sale of Goods at Lower Rate of Tax - 8% / LS-9B-8% Sale of Goods to Unregistered 8% Rate / LS-9C-8% Sale of Goods to Unregistered Rate / LS-9C-8% (Lower Rate) Sale Outside the State (of Purc Outside 8%/ LS-1-8% Sale in the Course of Inter-State 8%/ LS-2-8% Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 1

6 Rajasthan Effective from 14th July 2014, the following new VAT/Tax classifications are provided to support new VAT rate of 2.5% on all types of used motor vehicles: Purchase 2% 2% / Output 2% Sales Works 2% / Output VAT Works 2% Purchase From URDs Taxable 2% 2% / Input 2% 2% (Lease) / Input 2% (Lease) Purchases Capital 2% Interstate 3% Purchases from URD Taxable 3% 3% 3% (Lease) Purchases Capital 3% Input 3% Input 3% (Lease) Interstate 2.5% Purchases from URD Taxable 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% (Lease) Purchases Capital 2.5% Input 2.5% Input 2.5% (Lease) 2. Excise for Manufacturers When an excise sales invoice was recorded with the F12: Configure option Allow Separate Buyer and Consignee Names set to Yes, incorrect address was printed on Form A.R.E. 3. The column Invoice No./Bill of Entry No. & Date in Form R.G.23A Part II displayed the dates of vouchers instead of dates on supplier invoice. When different rates of duty were provided with varying applicability dates in the Stock Item master, the rate of duty provided for the earlier applicability date was being printed in the form, A.R.E 1, though the correct rate of duty was being captured during voucher entry. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 2

7 Payroll The Override Exemption Value provided for professional tax was not getting updated in: Form 16 ITR 1 Form 24Q Annexure II 24Q E-Return Quarter IV Service Tax When the Import, GTA or the Reverse charge transaction was recorded and if only partial payment was done against it, from second part payment onwards, the liability value was automatically reflected in form ST-3 even before generating the liability amount. Value Added Tax Haryana The assessable value of purchase transactions recorded using the VAT/Tax Class LP-7A- 12.5% were displayed in the column for VAT rate 8.80% of Form LP-7. In Form L P -1, for transactions recorded in voucher mode using VAT/Tax Classifications provided for interstate sales at 8% VAT rate, the: Value of CST ledger was not displayed Expense ledger enabled for apportionment was not getting apportioned if stock items were not selected In Form L P -3, for transactions recorded in accounting invoice mode and voucher mode using VAT/Tax classifications provided for LP-3, The value of CST ledger was not displayed If stock items were not selected but expense ledger enabled for apportionment was selected, the value of CST ledger was not displayed Karnataka The print format of tax invoice displayed after R elease 4.5 was different from that of the lower releases. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 3

8 Release Notes for Stat.900 Versions Excise for Dealers Version 227 The title of invoice for the transactions recorded using Importer as the Nature of Purchase, is changed from First Stage Dealer to Importer. Version 223 Effective from 1 April, 2014, Version 219 The title of the Rule 11 invoice raised for an excise sales transaction by an Importer will be First Stage Dealer In Form 2, the Name and Address field for an Importer will be captured as Self The stock item chosen while recording transactions was not getting listed in the Godown details report under One Item and Sales Bill wise report of Form RG 23D, if it was configured for selection in multiple godowns. When multiple items excise products were selected in an excise sales invoice, then the decimal values were getting wrongly captured for the Basic Excise Duty amount in the Sales and Purchase Extract Report. When two different stock items with different rates were recorded in an Excise Sales Invoice, then the quantity of the second item was getting captured incorrectly in the Sales and Purchase Extract Report. Version 210 In Form-2, the details of items recorded in the same Excise Sales invoice were not getting captured in order. Version 208 The menus for Excise Reports and Returns have been re-arranged. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 4

9 Version 199 In RG 23D report, the details of Excise Sales made for a period beyond the specified period was not getting captured even when the F6: Purchase Date option was enabled in the report. Version 198 The E-Return menu is provided with menu options for Validations, Export of data in XML format and Print. In case where ECC Number and Sales Voucher Number are not provided or are incorrect, the same will be listed as error in the E-Return Validations screen which can be rectified using the drill-down facility. If the data is exported without providing correct details required to fill the mandatory fields, the message - Validation is incomplete!!! will be displayed with the provision to enter the correct information. The supplier invoice date entered in excise purchase invoice will be captured in Supplier Invoice Date field of Excise Details screen displayed for the selected excise stock item. Version 197 In Form 2 the excise purchase details were getting captured against the commercial sales invoice (which was enabled in the voucher class created in the excise sales invoice) instead of capturing against excise sales. Excise credit note entry passed for an import item having additional duty on imports were not appearing in RG23D report. Version 189 While generating E-Return in XML format, it has been made mandatory to fill - Place, Date and Remarks fields to avoid Invalid Structure error during upload of XML file to the Department s website. Version 185 As per the new XML schema made available by the Central Excise Department a new Excise Reporting Unit of Measure - 10 GMS has been provided. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 5

10 When an Excise Purchase entry was recorded using a Voucher Class configured with more than one Basic Excise Duty Ledger (with different rates of duty), values were calculated and displayed for all of them, irrespective of the rate of duty and applicability period configured for the Stock Item chosen. Version 184 The duty type - Special AED on CVD of excise duty classification is renamed to Additional Duty (Imports). Version 181 Multi Address facility is enhanced to capture the ECC as per the Address Type selected while recording Supplier's Details in Excise Purchase Invoice, instead of the ECC provided in Party Ledger. Version 178 An option has been provided in Form RG23 D to generate and view the report for any given period. Memory access violation error was displayed when quarterly e-return form was generated with the option Show All Items set as Yes. In Form 2 of remotely accessed company the Amount of Duty column was blank. The stock details in Sales and Purchase Extract report was captured incorrectly in the following scenarios: On selecting same stock items multiple times in a single sales invoice the stock details of only the first excise purchase was displayed. On recording excise sales in the second quarter, the corresponding stock details of excise purchase recorded in the first quarter was not displayed. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 6

11 Version 173 On selecting the nature of purchase - From Agent of Importer (Consignment Agent) and From Agent of Importer in an excise purchase invoice, the Importer details get captured in the Excise Sales invoice, Form-2, RG23D, Sales and Purchase Extract and E- Return. The functionality is enhanced to capture the Importer Exporter Code (IEC) entered in Party Details screen of excise purchase invoice in excise sales invoice and e-return. Version 169 The error message - Out of Memory was being displayed in few data while generating Form - 2. Version 167 The facility to configure Form 2 and Sales and Purchase Extract Report for displaying the column - Purchase Bill Reference is provided to correlate the excise sales transactions with the corresponding excise purchases. Version 166 New Enhancement is provided for maintaining Invoice Numbers in sequence for Excise and Tax / Retail Invoices. This Serial Number will capture in Form 2, Form RG 23D, E-Return and Sales and Purchase Extract report. Version 161 In an Excise Purchase invoice, if the date specified in the Excise Details window in Supplier invoice date was prior to the voucher date, the details were not captured in Form-2. Version 157 The facility is provided to export data as per the XML schema provided by the Department on October 1, 2011 for filing e-returns. Version 155 Excise Purchase details were not captured in Form-2 when the transaction was recorded in the previous month / quarter. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 7

12 Version 150 The error message - Out of Memory was being displayed while generating Form 2. Version 134 In Tally.ERP 9, support for accounting wastage, shortage, loss or theft of excise stock items purchased has been provided in Journal Voucher. Details of Duty not passed on wastage, shortage, loss or theft of excise stock item is captured in Form RG 23D report. Note: To account wastage, shortage, loss or theft of Excise stock item in Journal Voucher, users have to create voucher Class by enabling the option Use Class for Dealer Excise Adjustments. Filter (F12: Filter) button has been provided in Party Wise Duty Extract, Form RG 23 D - All Item, One Item & Sales Bill Wise reports. Using F12: Filter (Alt + F12) option you can filter the information in Form RG 23D report. Version 133 Tally.ERP 9 was considering the period of 3 months preceding the last date of entry as the Quarter period for generating Form 2 or E-Return. The capability of display of Quarter period has been enhanced to capture the current Quarter based on the last date of entry. Example: If the last excise transaction recorded is on then in Quarter period it is displayed as to On migrating excise dealer feature enabled data from Tally 9/ Tally.ERP 9 (till Release 2.0) to Tally.ERP 9 Release 2.1, for the excise stock items with base unit (Kg, Mt etc) similar to the Unit of Quantity defined under the Central Excise Tariff Act and created in lowercase were automatically displayed in Upper Case (KG, MT etc.) in Reporting UOM filed (in Stock Item Alteration screen) and Tally.ERP 9 was not considering such reporting UOM for Reporting UOM Validation. While in E-Returns the Reporting UOM were being captured in Lower case. Dealer E-Return capability has been enhanced to capture Reporting UOM in Upper Case in Quantity Code field in E-Return generated from Tally.ERP9. Version 128 Dealer E-Return capability has been enhanced to capture Duty Value less than 0.50 as 0.00 in Amount of Duty Involved field in E-Return generated from Tally.ERP9. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 8

13 Version 126 Sales Bill- Wise FORM RG 23D report has been provided. This report displays the details of sales transactions based on the period selected to view the report. As per the Dealer E-Return requirement, length of Supplier Invoice Number to be of 20 characters and Address to be of 200 characters. In Tally.ERP 9 Dealer E-Return functionality has been enhanced to meet the requirement. Now, while generating dealer E-Return application will consider only the first 20 characters for Suppliers invoice number and 200 characters for address and ignores the rest of the details. Version 124 The following reports are provided for Dealer Excise: E-Return in XML format Excise Reporting UOM, Tariff HSN Code and Party ECC No. Validation Report The Type of purchase - From Agent of Dealer is provided in the party Ledger master and the value of entries recorded using ledgers predefined with this nature of purchase is captured in Form 2, Form RG 23D and Sales and Purchase Extract Reports. For rounding-off the decimals while exporting data to XML format using E-Return feature, the option - Round Off Quantity to TWO decimals is provided in F12: Configuration of Export Report screen. The value of Excise Sales recorded using Voucher class created in Excise Sales Voucher Type by setting Use for Commercial Invoice to Yes was being captured in Form 2. Version 123 If the Stock Item Name contained more than 40 characters, in Form 2 and Sales Purchase Extract reports stock item name displayed under Description of Goods column was getting overfilled and was not possible to identify the stock item. Now, the stock item name with more than 40 characters will be printed in multiple lines. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 9

14 Version 113 New configuration option Show Consignee Name & Address has been provided in F12: Configuration of Form RG 23D report to display consignee name and address instead of buyer name and address details. Two new Sorting Methods - RG 23D Number (Decreasing) and RG 23D Number (Increasing) have been provided in F12: Configuration of Form RG 23D report, to sort the report based on RG 23D Numbers. A New Nature of Purchase - Manufacturer Depot has been provided. This helps the users to Record the purchases from manufacturer depot Capture Name, Address and Excise Registration details of Manufacturer Depot in Excise Sales Invoice (on sale of goods purchased from Manufacturer depot). Capture transaction details in all Excise Dealer Reports (Form 2, Sales & Purchase Extract and Form RG 23D). Maximum Excise Duty Amount Item details were not appearing in Sales Section of Form 2 report when the option Show All Items is set to No in form print F12: Configuration. Version 102 In Select Excise Unit screen of One Item - Form RG 23D report Name of Tariff option has been provided to select stock Item based on Tariff Classification. Alias or Part Numbers (Part No.) specified in Stock Item Master will appear in List of Excise Stock Items for stock item selection in Name of Item field. New configuration option Show Separate Special Excise Duty Column has been provided in F12: Print Configuration of Form 2 and Sales and Purchase Extract report to display duty details of Special Excise Duty, Special AED of CVD, SED of CVD, Special AED in a separate column named Amount of Special Excise Duty. Version 91 The option Show Purchases of Excise Stock for is provided in F12: Configuration of Form RG 23 D report. Users can now configure the Form RG 23 D report to view All Bills Only Cleared Bills Only Pending Bill Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 10

15 Version 90 In Manufacturers/ Dealer Excise Sales Invoice, 'Input Tax Credit is available to a Taxable Person against this Copy Only' will be printed along with Excise Rule 11 title for all Taxable Invoice of Punjab State. Version 89 Note: The title 'Input Tax Credit is available to a Taxable Person against this Copy Only', will get printed in Excise sales invoice only if - The option Is Tax Invoice is set to Yes in Excise Sales Voucher Type No of Copies of invoice to be printed is more than 1. In Excise Purchase Voucher selection of same Excise Stock Item multiple times with different Quantity and Rate has been supported and in Excise Stock Register, Excise Purchase Bill Register, Sales and Purchase Extract, Form RG 23D and Form 2 reports, details of Total Quantity purchased is displayed. Version 88 In Columnar Purchase Voucher Register - Date was not displaying with the supplier invoice number when the option Show Supplier Invoice No. & Dt is enabled in Columnar Register Alteration (F5: Columnar). Version 86 In Form RG 23D, the option Sorting Method is provided in F12: Configuration. Users can sort the report based on Invoice Date, Invoice Number or Party Name. Form RG 23D report based on Purchase Bill-wise (gives the details of the entire stock items) is provided in Tally.ERP 9. In Form - 2, Sales and Purchase Extract and Form RG 23D reports instead of HSN Code, name of the tariff classification was getting displayed. When an Excise Sales invoice is recorded by selecting the same item multiple times, the RG 23D report was displaying only the details of the stock item selected in the first line. Now the RG 23D report displays the consolidated details of the stock item. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 11

16 In Form - 2 under Particulars of the documents based on which the credit is passed on, fourth column title was displayed as Name and address of the /Importer instead of Name and address of the Manufacturer/Importer. Version 85 Export to Excel option has been provided for Sales and Purchase Extract and Form 2. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 12

17 2. Excise for Manufacturers Version 229 The XML file and the printouts of both ER 1 and ER 3 captured the clearance and duty payable details of those stock items twice, that were having any of the following Natures of Removal: Version 225 Domestic Domestic (SSI) Captive Consumption Special Rate As per Statutory requirements, the provision to file ER3 online as a quarterly return for SSI units is provided. Version 222 The quantity cleared, assessable value, and the duty value of sales transactions recorded by selecting any of the following Natures of Removal, will be captured in the e-return XML file and the printout: Export Version 217 Export/LUT Export - Duty Chargeable SEZ/Bond SEZ/LUT SEZ/Rebate The option Show Statutory Details was being displayed when the Excise Credit Note was being recorded in Voucher mode, whereas it should not appear. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 13

18 Version 215 When the E-Return report was printed from the print preview screen, the values that were printed were different from the values that were displayed in the preview. Version 213 The Quantity cleared and Closing balance values being captured in the E-Return print and xml views, were not matching with the corresponding values being captured in Form E.R.-1. Version 212 The RG 23 Part I report is enhanced to capture in its 3C column the Invoice No. and Invoice Date entered in the Party Details screen of the excise purchase invoice. The option to print Form E.R.-1 with the duty amounts rounded off, is provided. Version 210 The performance has been enhanced for RG 23 Part II. When the quantity of an excise sales return (recorded in an excise credit note) was tracked in an Excise Manufacturing journal in a month (by enabling the option "Track Excise Credit Note" in F12 configurations), and Form ER-1 was viewed for the next month, then the opening balance quantity was getting captured incorrectly. Version 209 When viewing the ER 5 report for a financial year, that is from April to March, then transactions passed between January to March were not getting reflected. When viewing RG 23 Part I, by setting the option Start Fresh Page for Each Item to No, then the Description of Input gets changed to the item name selected in the single item report. The option Allow Modifications in F12 Configuration was not appearing in Excise Purchase Order and Excise Purchase transactions. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 14

19 When e-return was generated in remote client, then the company s ECC number was not getting captured in the name of the output file. When an excise sales transaction was recorded with Captive Consumption as the Nature of Removal, then the details of the transaction was getting wrongly captured in the E-return Print Report and ER 1 E-Return xml report. When the option Round Off Quantity to Two Decimals was set to Yes and the XML was generated, then the quantity details were not getting rounded off to two decimals. Version 208 Rule 16 Register is provided to capture the Quantity details of: Excise sales returns recorded using Excise Credit Note. Goods resold from the quantity returned by recording an excise sales invoice with the Nature of Removal, Removal as Such. Goods sent for further processing, from the quantity returned, by accounting for it in Excise Manufacturing journal. The menus for Excise Reports and Returns have been re-arranged. Facility is provided to generate Form ARE-1 and Form ARE-2 related to exports. The value of CENVAT credit reversed using journal voucher by selecting the flag - CENVAT Reversal (Rule 6) will be captured in Form ER-1, ER-3, Credit Summary, CENVAT availed, RG23 A Part II and Abstract reports. Facility is provided to generate Form ARE-3 on removal of goods to a 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU). On receipt of form CT-2 from warehouse and CT-3 from a 100% EOU, the manufacturer will remove goods from the Excise Unit without charging excise duty. The CT-2 and CT-3 number and the date will be captured in Form ARE-3 and Rule 11 Invoice. While generating ER-1 and ER-3 e-return, if the option - Show Export and Captive Consumption is set to Yes, the details of transactions recorded with the Nature of Removal - Export/LUT, SEZ/Bond, SEZ/LUT and SEZ/Rebate will be captured separately in the printed form. The value of service tax credit availed by recording a journal voucher with flag - Availing Input Credit will be captured in Form ER 1. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 15

20 If entries of Excise Sales/Material In/ Manufacturing journal were recorded in the previous financial year, the period was changed to current financial year in Gateway of Tally and then Form ER 1 was generated for the period in which these entries were recorded, the: Quantity manufactured and Quantity cleared columns were displayed with blank values. Duty details corresponding to these entries were displayed with blank values. When the Excise Purchase with the Nature of Removal set to Re-Processor and an Excise Manufacturing Journal for consumption were recorded on the same day, in RG 23 Part I, the Excise Manufacturing Journal entry displayed first, followed by Excise Purchase, thereby resulting in display of negative stock. Version 200 If two financial years data was maintained in a single company, then in the E-Return of ER1, the value of opening stock balance for the current financial was getting captured incorrectly. Version 198 The E-Return menu is provided with menu options for Validations and Export of data in XML format. In case where ECC Number is not provided or is incorrect, the same will be listed as an error in the E-Return Validations screen which can be rectified using the drill-down facility. If the data is exported without providing correct details required to fill the mandatory fields, the message - Validation is incomplete!!! will be displayed with the provision to enter the correct information. The service tax input credit on Reverse Charge is captured under Details of CENVAT credit taken and utilised section of Form E.R.-1. The facility is provided to print GAR 7 challan from voucher display screen. Page number is captured on each page of RG23A and RG23C Part I Tariff-wise report. In a payment voucher if stat payment button was used to pay excise duty and special AED, the Duty code was not displayed in box 3 and 6 of Form E.R.-1. On exporting data of RG23A Part II using Excel Spreadsheet format, the alignment of text and columns in output file was not proper. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 16

21 Version 196 The challan number, date and BSR code provided while recording excise payment voucher gets captured in Form ER-1, ER-3 and ER-8. For multiple Excise Duty payments recorded in a tax return period, the challan number, date and BSR code entered in each payment voucher gets captured against the respective duty details in Form ER-1, ER-3 and ER-8. Similarly, the challan number, date and BSR code entered for payment towards Arrears, Penalty and Interest gets captured in Form ER-8. In multiple item-wise report of RG 23A Part I, issues pertaining to alignment of text and columns were observed. These issues have been resolved. In the xml format of e-return, the value of CENVAT credit adjusted against duty payable from Removal as Such was not displayed. In a data comprising transactions of more than one year, if multiple book numbers were used while recording excise sales invoice, the details of book numbers were not captured in box 10C of Form ER-1. Version 194 The report - RG 23A Part I, has been enhanced with the facility to print details of each item in a separate page. The number and date of excise manufacturing journal will be captured as Requisition Number and date in Issued for Manufacture of Final Product section of RG 23A Part I. The duty payable of normal and excise sales adjusted against advance duty paid using the flag - Adjustment Towards Advance Duty Paid in journal voucher was appearing incorrectly in the XML file generated for e-return. Version 192 In column - 3E of RG 23 Part I Tariff wise report, the excise Division details were appearing in the first row followed by Range in the second row. This issue has been resolved and the Range details are captured in first row followed by Division in the second row. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 17

22 Version 191 Facility is provided to enter the period before generating the reports - RG 23A Part I and II, Annexure 10, Abstract, PLA Register and CENVAT Credit Availed. This will reduce the time consumed in regenerating these reports for a different period using Alt+F2 key combination. The raw materials returned by job worker recorded in the Material In voucher is being captured in Form R.G. 23-A (Part - I). The value of entry recorded for adjusting CENVAT Credit against duty collected from Removal as such was being captured in Miscellaneous Payments row, table 9 of Form ER-1. In R.G.23 Part 1 Tariff-wise reports generated from remote client, if period was changed using Alt+F2 key combination, the error message - Internal Error! was being displayed. On recording debit note to avail CENVAT credit, the Excise Details (ECC No., Range and Division) of the supplier were not being captured in column 3E of R.G.23A Part 1 Tariff-wise report. Version 190 In the Print Report screen of Form ER-3, the cursor was moving back to Date field with error messages in the calculator panel so the form was not getting printed. While generating e-return of E.R.-1 in Print format from the data accessed locally and through remote client, the error message - Out of Memory was being displayed. Performance of ER-1 Report enhanced in Stat 190 in comparison with Stat 189 displays as shown: Figure 1 - ER 1 Report Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 18

23 Performance of ER-1 Print Report enhanced in Stat 190 in comparison with Stat 189 displays as shown: Figure 2 - E-Return Print Report Version 189 In the tariff-wise report of RG 23A Part I, the Total row has been provided. On recording CENVAT Adjustments using Excise Helper button, the party name was being captured in RG 23A Part II. In the E-Return generated in XML format, the captive consumption of previous month was not getting considered for calculating the quantity of opening balance for the current month. In excise sales invoice, if Removal as Such was selected as the Nature of Removal, the quantity of raw materials removed was not getting captured in column 7 of Form ER-6. To generate Tariff-wise report, when cursor was moved to Stock Item Type field of RG 23 Part I Register, the application was crashing if the stock item predefined to Set/Alter Excise Details was tagged to Dealer Type godown in multiple godown enabled company. In Annexure 10, if period was changed to dates on which there were no records, S: Show All/Show Max Item button was clicked twice and the report date was changed to the original period, the details were vanishing. In the alteration mode of excise stock transfer vouchers, the declaration forms selected in Form to Issue/Receive fields selected in creation mode were not being retained. Also, it was not appearing in the printed invoice. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 19

24 In XML file the challan date format for other payments made was being captured incorrectly. For example: The challan date was captured as 1-Apr-2012 instead of 01/04/2012. While generating Form E.R.-1 from the data accessed locally and through remote client, the error message - Out of Memory was being displayed. Version 186 Supplier names specified in the Excise Debit Note entries were not getting reflected in the Name of the Supplier column in RG 23 Part II report. Version 185 Reports under CENVAT Registers took time to display. The performance of these reports has been optimised. Under E-Return (Display > Statutory Reports > Excise Reports > Manufacturer > E-Return) menu, Print report is provided. This report displays all the information captured in the XML e-return file generated in Tally.ERP 9. Tariff Wise RG 23A Part I report is provided. This report can be used to view RG 23 A Part I report based on Name of Tariff (Tariff classification) and Reporting UOM. For the State of Uttar Pradesh, if a Manufacturing Excise Sales Invoice (for which the Tax Invoice option has been enabled) was recorded, details of Authorised Signatory, Designation, and Issued By (recorded as VAT Details in F11: Features > F3: Statutory & Taxation) were not being printed. When for an existing Stock Item, the Valuation Type was changed from Ad Valorem to Ad Quantum the assessable value of Ad Valorem entries of the Stock Item was retained in Annexure 10 even after the alteration. Version 184 When the option Allow Separate Buyer and Consignee Names was enabled in F12: Configuration while recording an Excise Sales Invoice, the print preview displayed a space between the Address Details and Dispatch Details fields. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 20

25 Version 181 Facility has been provided in Form ER-8 to capture values of entries recorded with Excise Duty at 2%. When a Stock Journal is recorded for Transferring of Raw materials from one godown to another, the details were getting captured in Excise ER-5 and 6 reports. If data for two financial years was maintained in a single company, and ER-1 was generated for the current financial year (the Financial year in Gateway of Tally was set as the current financial year) then the opening balance of ER-1 was taken from item master instead of last month's closing balance. When in an Excise Purchase invoice, a single Stock Item was selected twice with different quantities and rates, the Receipt of Input column in RG 23 Part I report was displaying the quantity of the first selection alone, whereas Value of Goods and Duty paid were displaying values of both. While recording excise manufacturing journal, if a Raw Material is stored under a godown which is grouped under Sub-Godown, then the quantity is not captured in RG23 Part I under the head Issued for Manufacture of Final product. Version 178 In the data exported to generate ER-1 e-return XML file the To invoice number was not captured. In Annexure 10 if S: Show All button was clicked and then data was exported using Excel Spreadsheet format the error message - Out of Memory was displayed. The text in F12: Configuration of Annexure 10 was not displayed clearly when viewed in laptop. On selecting special excise duty ledger in excise purchase invoice the assessable value of both basic and special excise duty were considered in CENVAT RG23A Part I. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 21

26 There was a mismatch in Closing balance of finished goods carried forward from previous month as opening balance for the current month in Table 3 of Form ER-1 and ER-3 if the finished goods had conversion factor and unit of measure was in decimals. In Form ER-1 details of duty payable for all stock items were getting captured. Version 177 This issue has been resolved and the duty payable on finished goods only is captured. In Annexure 10 the column - Nature of Supplier is provided. The challan details entered in payment voucher using Stat Payment button by selecting Type of Payment as Interest was being captured in Arrears of duty under rule 8 row of Form ER-1. In RG23A Part II, the value of CENVAT adjustment entry recorded for a particular excise unit was getting reflected in that unit and another excise unit as well. In a Journal voucher if Adjustment Towards Advance Duty Paid flag was used to adjust dues of education cess and secondary education cess against advance excise duty paid earlier, the values were being displayed incorrectly in PLA Summary. Version 174 The performance of RG23A Part II has been optimised. In RG23A Part II and RG23C Part II, the column - Name of Supplier is provided to capture the supplier name. In excise sales invoice, if the Notification number was specified, the same was not getting captured in the XML file. In an invoice, if one item amongst the multiple stock items selected had alternate unit of measure, the cleared quantity of this item was being displayed in alternate units instead of primary unit in the XML file generated for ER-1 e-return. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 22

27 Version 167 In ER-6 report, the Excise Purchase entry details gets captured if recorded with CENVAT ledgers irrespective of its utilization for manufacture of Finished Goods. In the column Invoice no & Date of RG 23A - Part II, the invoice number and date of excise sales invoices within a range were being captured incorrectly. Version 166 On recording Excise Debit Note (CENVAT availment) entry, the supplier's ECC number was not capturing in RG23 A Part II. Version 165 The error message - Memory Access Violation was displayed in the RG 23A Part II when an excise purchase entry was recorded by selecting two items and no assessable value was specified for the second item. Version 163 On recording an entry in Excise Manufacturing Journal, the Name of Supplier was displaying End of List in RG23A Part I. The details of entries recorded in a manufacturing journal were not being captured in ER-6. In an excise manufacturing journal, if the raw materials were consumed from sub-godown, the quantity details were not getting captured under Issued for Manufacture of final product column of RG23A Part I. In Form ER-1, the assessable value was not getting captured for Zero valued excise sale entries. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 23

28 Version 161 In case where Balance column of PLA Register was Nil, if CENVAT Adjustment journal voucher or payment entry using Excise Duty Ledgers were recorded, the balance column was showing the sum of opening balance of that particular month and the balance amount. On recording Excise Sales with Nature of Removal as Captive Consumption and without selecting Excise Duty Ledgers, then the captive consumption quantity and assessable value were getting doubled in Form ER 1. Version 159 The facility is provided to account for PLA Opening Balance and the value gets captured in Excise Computation, PLA Register and Summary, Form ER-1 (Table 7) and Form ER-3 (Table 5). This amount will be available for recording CENVAT Adjustment entry in journal voucher on selecting the flag - Adjustment Towards Advance Duty Paid. The quantity details entered in Excise Debit Note by selecting the nature of purchase - Removal as such gets captured in Removal as such column of RG23 A Part I. Version 158 In RG23A Part I the option - For the month of is provided to print the report for a particular month. In a company having two excise units/godowns, if entries were recorded in voucher types created for Raw Material and Finished Goods, the values were being captured in both the units/godowns. Two duty heads SED and Special Excise Duty was displayed on adjusting CENVAT credit of special excise duty with Excise Duty and the adjusted amount and closing balance were not captured properly in Abstract report. For Excise Sales recorded with additional ledgers, the assessable value was being captured excluding the additional ledgers value in Form ER 1. In a company with TWO Excise Units, details of the Raw materials consumed and finished goods accounted by using separate set of voucher types was capturing in Form ER- 6 of both the Excise Units. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 24

29 Version 157 In a Manufacturing Journal, if excise item (Raw Material) was consumed from Non-Excise Godown the same was reflecting in RG23A - Part I and the closing balance was being displayed with a sign. This issue has been resolved and only the excise stock item consumed from Excise Godown is considered and captured in RG23A - Part I. After allocating the stock items to Excise and Non-excise godowns in excise stock item master, if the CENVAT opening balance entry was recorded, the quantity of both godowns was being displayed as opening balance in RG23A - Part I. Version 156 This issue has been resolved and the quantity allocated only to Excise Godown is being captured in RG23A - Part I. In the XML file generated for e-filing, the opening balance of stock items was not considered and hence the opening and closing balance was being displayed with sign. In Excise Manufacturing journal if one finished good was selected as a component for manufacture of another finished good, the quantity consumed was being considered as Utilised for Further production in Daily Stock Register and was not getting reflected in Form ER-1. Version 155 In an excise purchase invoice, if first two items of same Tariff Classification and the third item of a different tariff classification were selected, the CENVAT amount of the third item was not getting captured in RG23A - Part II. The entry recorded on to account for service tax opening balance was not getting captured in Form ER-1. Version 154 In Form ER1 separate columns are provided for Export, Captive Consumption of quantity cleared and Assessable value. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 25

30 Version 151 On exporting ER 1 e-return, the Closing Balance of Quantity with decimals was being exported with three decimals. Version 150 The closing balance of Quantity will be exported with Two imals. On recording separate CENVAT Adjustment entries manually for Principal Inputs and Capital Goods the values were not being bifurcated in RG23 A Part II and RG23 C Part II. Version 149 The Form ER-8 is provided as per the statutory requirements. In RG23 Part II report, Additional Duty column is provided to capture the CENVAT Availed and Utilised on Additional duties e.g. NCCD, Special Excise Duty etc. Dec- In Form 23A Part I, Opening Balance was getting doubled when the Opening Quantity is defined in the item master and CENVAT Credit Opening Balance entry is recorded with the same Item. In Form 23A Part I, excise opening stock carried forward from previous month was not being displayed in Opening Balance column till the Excise Purchase transaction was recorded in the current month. Version 147 The Cash/Bank payments made towards Excise Duty payable were not capturing in Abstract section of E-Return (exported in XML). Version 144 The details of Duty paid in Advance or its subsequent utilisation was not being captured in PLA Summary if the entries were recorded through newly created Payment and Journal voucher types. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 26

31 The bill reference and supplier s ECC number were captured in PLA Register if a normal debit note was recorded against Excise Purchase entry. Version 143 In Form ER-I, Service Tax amount for the transactions recorded by setting the option Enable Service Tax Round off to No was being displayed in round number on enabling the option Enable Service Tax Round off to Yes. Version 142 A new report PLA Summary has been provided. This report displays the details of advance Duty paid to the Government, advance adjusted towards Duty Payable and the balance amount available in PLA for adjustment. The report capability of CENVAT Credit Registers - RG 23 Part I and RG 23 Part II has been enhanced to capture the Voucher Number of Purchase invoice (if CENVAT Credit is availed)/ Debit Note recorded to avail the CENVAT Credit. Version 140 Purchase/Debit Note Voucher Number will be captured in RG 23 Part I under the column Serial Number of Input Credit Register (Cross Reference) RG 23 Part II under the column Folio & Entry No. in Part I. When the CENVAT Credit Availed report is printed by specifying a particular period ( to ); in print preview the entire Financial Year was being displayed as the report period. Version 139 In Remote Access (Client), Tariff Classification Number was not being displayed in C.E. Tariff Heading/ Subheading column of RG 23A PART II report. Details of Excise Debit Note recorded to account the purchase returns were being captured in RG 23A Part I report. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 27

32 Version 138 When the CENVAT Credit accounted through the CENVAT Opening Balance Journal was adjusted towards the Excise duty payable, in Abstract report the CENVAT credit Opening Balance amount was getting disappeared because of which the closing balance was displaying with sign. In Form ER 1 the Special AED credit taken by recording Excise Purchase/Debit Note (with CENVAT Availing voucher class) was not being captured under Column 5 of Table 8 - Details of CENVAT Credit taken and utilised (in Page 2). CENVAT Credit accounted through the CENVAT Opening Balance Journal Version 135 In Form RG 23A part II, CENVAT Credit was being captured under Fresh Credit Allowed column instead of Opening Balance of Duty in Credit In CENVAT Credit Summary CENVAT Credit was being captured against Credit for the Month instead of Opening Balance. In Form ER 1 the Special Excise Duty Credit utilised by recording CENVAT Availing Journal Voucher was not being captured under Column 6 of Table 8 (in Page 2) Version 134 Tally.ERP 9 now provides ER 1 E-Return capability to its users. By using ER 1 E-Return feature, the user can export the E-Returns from Tally.ERP 9 in the format as prescribed by Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES). The following Validation Reports are provided for ER 1 E-Returns Excise Reporting UOM Tariff/HSN Code Quantity Identify Notification Type (Tariff/Non-Tariff) Note: To know the procedure of generating ER 1 E-Returns refer to - Getting Started with ER 1 E-Returns available at the Download Centre. Functionality has been enhanced to capture values of other payments - Interest, Penalty and Arrears of Duty in Form ER1 and Form ER 3. Value of other payments paid by cash will be captured under Serial Number 7 (Utilisation towards other Payments made during the month) and Serial Number 9 in Column 2A (Account current). Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 28

33 Form ER 1 capability has been enhanced to capture the quantity removed for Captive Consumption in Cleared Quantity column of Details of the manufacture, clearance and Duty payable table, when Excise Sales are recorded with the Nature of Removal - Captive Consumption. Facility to alter the Duty Value while recording or altering the Excise Purchase Voucher for the Nature of Purchase - Manufacturer has been provided. This feature will allow altering the duty amount only when the CENVAT type of ledgers are selected in the voucher i.e. CENVAT Credit is availed while recording the purchases. Note: A new Configuration option Allow modification in Duty for Purchase from Manufacturer has been provided in F12: Configure (Purchase Invoice Configuration). Only on setting this option to Yes, Tally.ERP 9 will allow to alter the duty value. When RG 23A Part I report was viewed in detailed mode, in Supplier Name column Company's ECC number and Range was being displayed. Now in Supplier Name column supplier ECC number and Range details will be captured. In a company using Excise for Manufacturer and Service tax features when Enable Service Tax Round Off features is enabled in Form ER 1 the service tax input credit values were captured in Decimals whereas in ST 3 report the Round off values were being captured. Version 132 In RG 23A Part II, Education Cess and Secondary Education Cess credit details were not getting captured for Excise Purchase entry recorded using CENVAT ledgers. In CENVAT Credit Summary report the CENVAT Credit was getting Doubled, when CENVAT Credit Adjustment entry was recorded by selecting Multiple references for CENVAT Ledger. Version 129 In RG 23A Part I & RG 23C Part I, the Inventory Details will get captured from CENVAT Credit Availing entry (recorded in Debit Note). This enhancement will be useful in a scenario where excise purchase entry is recorded with Excise Duty ledgers (not availing CENVAT Credit) and later a Debit Note is passed for availing the CENVAT Credit. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 29

34 For Exports or Exempt sales recorded through Excise Sales voucher without selecting the duty ledgers (as duty is not applicable for exempt sales & export under bond), Notification Number were not being captured in Form ER-1/ER-3. Version 128 In FORM R.G 23C Part -II under Fresh Credit Allowed section in Invoice No./Bill of Entry No. & Date and C.E RegNo./IEC code no. of this Supplier & Range/ Customs House from where received details were not being displayed. Version 126 GTA Service Tax Input Credit adjusted towards Duty Payable on Goods was not being displayed in Abstract Report. Closing Balance of CENVAT credit of previous year was not being displayed as Opening Balance for Current Financial year under Serial Number 8 (Row 1) in Page 2 of Form ER 1. Version 124 The CENVAT Refund/Reversal amount is captured in Excise Computation, Form ER 1/ER 3, CENVAT Summary, CENVAT Availed Register and Abstract. The Notification number provided in Excise Sales entry is captured in column 8 and 9 of box 3 in Form ER 1/ER 3. Version 123 Two New Statutory Forms ER-5 and ER-6 have been provided. ER - 5 is an annual return of information relating to Principal Inputs. This return captures the quantity of principal input used in the manufacturing of Finished Goods ER - 6 is a monthly return of information relating to Principal Inputs. This Return contains the details of Opening balance, Receipts and Consumption of Principal inputs and quantity of finished goods manufactured. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 30

35 Manufacturing Journal recorded as an Optional Voucher was being displayed in Form ER 1 as Quantity Manufactured (Column Number 4) under Serial Number 3 - Details of the manufacture, clearance and Duty payable. Details of Purchase Returns recorded through Excise Debit Note voucher were being displayed in RG 23 Part I report. In CENVAT Credit Utilized for Payment of Duty of goods column of Abstract report, the CENVAT Credit adjusted amount was getting increased as number of references were increased for CENVAT ledger during CENVAT adjustment. Example: CENVAT Credit of 3 bills i.e adjusted towards the Duty liability. Application was multiplying the total amount adjusted by the number of bills selected for CENVAT Ledgers (1000 X 3= 3000) to display the Credit Utilized for Payment of Duty of goods in Abstract Report. In RG 23A Part II report, under Fresh Credit Allowed column purchase invoice date was getting captured instead of Supplier Invoice Date specified in the Purchase Invoice. Input Service Credit availed on Services Purchased (GTA transaction) and Adjusted towards the duty payable on Excise Goods were not being displayed in Abstract report. In Form ER-1 and Form ER-3 the details of Opening Balance, Quantity Manufactured, Cleared Quantity and Closing Balance of Stock items with different unit of Quantity (Reporting UOM) were getting displayed based on the Tariff Classification. Version 122 Now the quantity details will be displayed based on the Reporting UOM defined in the Stock Item. In Annexure 10 report S: Show All button has been provided to view the details of other stock items purchased under the document along with the main item of the document. CENVAT Credit Taken and Utilised details (in Page 2 of Form ER 1) were not being printed in Form ER-1 print out taken from Tally.ERP 9. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 31

36 Version 118 In RG 23A Part I report voucher details were being sorted based on the Voucher Type instead of date wise. Report now displays the voucher details based on the transaction date. Performance of monthly return Form ER - 1 has been optimised. Version 113 A new report RG 23 Part I has been provided. This report is a Quantitative account of inputs (RG 23A Part I)/ capital goods (RG 23C Part I)/ on which cenvat credit is availed. Version 94 RG 23A Part I: This report displays the details of Receipt of Inputs, goods issued for manufacture of finished goods, goods issued for clearance as such with opening and Closing stock for the period selected. RG 23C Part I: This report displays the details of Receipt of Capital Goods, goods issued for factory, goods issued for clearance as such with opening and Closing stock for the period selected. In Form ER-1, Total field is provided under serial number 3 - Details of the manufacture, clearance and duty payable. Version 93 To display PLA opening balance a separate line - Opening Balance has been provided in PLA Register. Service tax Input Credit adjusted against excise Duty payable and Credit Utilised towards payment of Duty on Services will be displayed in appropriate columns (9, 10 and 11) of Details of CENVAT credit taken and utilised section of Form ER -1 and ER-3. In Abstract report, details of Service Tax Input Credit Availed and Credit Utilised towards payment of Duty on Services will be displayed. In Credit Summary report a separate line - Utilised for Service Tax has been provided to display the details of CENVAT credit adjusted against the Service Tax payable. In Form ER 1, Previous months closing balance of cash payments (if any) will be automatically carried forward as opening balance and displayed in Opening Balance field under Abstract of ACCOUNT CURRENT (Cash Payments) section. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 32

37 Version 91 In Form E.R.-1 and E.R.-3, Excise Book Serial Number was not being captured under Self Assessment Memorandum section [10 (C)]. Version 90 In Manufacturers/ Dealer Excise Sales Invoice, 'Input Tax Credit is available to a Taxable Person against this Copy Only' will be printed along with Excise Rule 11 title for all Taxable Invoice of Punjab State. Version 89 Note: The title 'Input Tax Credit is available to a Taxable Person against this Copy Only', will get printed in Excise sales invoice only if - The option Is Tax Invoice is set to Yes in Excise Sales Voucher Type No of Copies of invoice to be printed is more than 1 In Tally.ERP 9, RG 23A Part II, RG 23C Part II and their respective Annexure 10 and Abstract reports are provided. RG 23A part II: This report displays the details of Fresh Credit Allowed Amount, Total Credit Available, Credit Adjusted with Opening and Balance Credit of Principal Inputs for the Period selected. RG 23C part II: This report displays the details of Fresh Credit Allowed Amount, Total Credit Available, Credit Adjusted with Opening and Balance Credit of Capital Goods for the Period selected. Annexure 10: It is a monthly return under Rule 7 of the cenvat credit rules, This report displays the Details of CENVAT credit taken for the Main Item in the Document. Note: This annexure is omitted (w.e.f ) by M.F. (D.R.) Notification No.70/2003-C.E. (N.T.), dated But most of the assessees still submit their monthly returns in Annexure 10. On Customers requirement Annexure 10 is provided in Tally.ERP 9. Abstract: This report displays the details of Credit Availed on Inputs/capital goods/ inputs services, Credit Utilised for Payment of Duty on Goods/Services, Credit Utilised When the Goods are removed as such with Opening and Closing Balance of Credit. In Manufacturer's Statutory Report Menu a New option CENVAT Registers is provided. In CENVAT Registers Menu following CENVAT Reports are listed. Credit Summary (earlier displayed as CENVAT Credit Register) Credit Availed (earlier displayed as CENVAT Credit Availed) RG 23 Part II Annexure - 10 Abstract Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 33

38 Version 88 In Columnar Purchase Voucher Register - Date was not displaying with the supplier invoice number when the option Show Supplier Invoice No. & Dt is enabled in Columnar Register Alteration (F5: Columnar). Version 86 Enhancement CENVAT Credit Register with Drill down facility is provided. This report displays Opening Balance, Credit for the Month, Utilised and Closing Balance of CENVAT Credit. The Book No. field as specified by the VAT Act has been provided in UP State for the sales invoices marked for excise (manufacturers). In Form E.R.-1, under section Self Assessment Memorandum point (c) during the month, invoices bearing S.No._ to were issued was not capturing the details. When the CENVAT Credit Availing entry is recorded in Journal voucher, the Duty details of the Journal Voucher were not getting displayed in the CENVAT Credit Availed report Version 85 While printing Form ER-1 and ER-3, in Excise ER Print Configuration screen, the option - Include Export/Exempt Assessable Value has been provided. When the Excise Duty payment was made by cash and the details pertaining to Bank Name, BSR Code, Cheque/Draft/Pay order No and Cheque date were entered in the Payment Details screen, these details were not getting updated in Cash/Cheque/Draft/Pay order No., Dated and Drawn On fields in GAR -7. CENVAT Credit Availed report was not showing correct adjustment values when a single adjustment entry was passed for the whole month using CENVAT Adjustment flag. In Form ER 1, under Details of CENVAT credit taken and utilised the Opening Balance was displaying in Negative. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 34

39 Version 83 While printing the Form ER-1, the application displays the error message Insufficient Height to Allocate where the Tariff Classifications are more than 30. Version 82 Excise Duty Classification Countervailing Duty (CVD) was wrongly named as Countvailaing Duty (CVD). The Excise Duty Classification Countvailaing Duty (CVD) is renamed to Countervailing Duty (CVD). Details of Excise Duty Payments made were not being displayed in PLA Register. 3. Fringe Benefit Tax Version 108 As per the Finance Act (02) 2009, Fringe Benefit tax on the value of certain fringe benefits provided by employers to their employees is abolished w.e.f. Assessment Year In Adherence with Finance Act, the FBT rate for all the FBT categories is set to Zero w.e.f Version 82 The new FBT rates as per the Finance Act, 2008 effective from are provided. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 35

40 4. Payroll Version 231 In the E-Return Form E-24Q4, the value being captured as Taxable Income was not being rounded off to the nearest ten rupees. When the E-Return file E-24Q was generated for the last quarter (Q4), the salary details of employees having zero tax were not being captured. Version 220 When the salary was revised for any employee, then the new ESI amount was not getting captured for the consecutive months. Additionally, on resignation of any employee the ESI e-return column was not getting updated with the reason code. Version 219 The exemption override value defined for fully taxable component was being displayed in ITR-1. Version 212 Details of employees who became eligible for ESI within the first half year, were not being captured in the E-Return generated for ESI Form 3. Version 208 The facility is provided to enter late fee in Payment Voucher using the Auto-Fill option. The functionality of e-tds 24Q Returns has been enhanced to capture late fee. For National Pension Scheme, the following Tax Components have been supported in payroll masters, transactions and reports: Employee Contribution to NPS (Tier I) Employer Contribution to NPS. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 36

41 If the employee s income consists of Income from House Property and Interest on Housing Loan, only one of the incomes will be captured under Income from One House Property of Form ITR 1. In Form 16, the value declared for Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme will be printed in Section 9, Deductions under Chapter VIA. Facility is provided to print only the duplicate copies of Form 16, PF Challan, ESI Form 3, ESI Form 5 and ESI Challan. The value of deduction/contribution to the National Pension Scheme will be captured in Form 16, Form 12BA, ITR-1 and Form 24Q - Annexure II. The e-tds functionality for Form 24Q has been enhanced as per the new file format version 4.8 to validate the e-tds returns with the latest File Validation Tool version 4.0. Version 205 The e-tds functionality for Form 24Q has been enhanced as per the new file format version 4.5 for Quarter 1, 2 and 3 and file format version 4.7 for Quarter 4, to validate e-tds returns with the latest e-tds Validation tool version 3.9. Version 204 The e-tds functionality for Form 24Q has been enhanced to support generation of Nil Returns when there is no challan but there are employees with zero TDS for a particular quarter. When an Optional voucher was created and payroll is processed, the values were considered in electronic ECR return. Version 201 This issue has been resolved The e-tds functionality for Form 24Q has been enhanced to support the latest file format by providing separate lines items for each section - 80CCE, 80CCF, 80CCG and OTHERS. The e-tds functionality for Form 24Q has been enhanced to generate returns for previous financial years with the latest Validation Tool version 3.8. Version 198 As per notification the changes in Form ITR-1 have been incorporated. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 37

42 On exporting data to e-return Form 24Q, the professional tax amount was captured under section 16 (II) instead of 16 (III). Version 196 The functionality of ESI e-return is enhanced as per the latest template - MC_Template.xls provided by the ESI Corporation. The TDS amount reversed for an employee using payroll voucher was not captured in Annexure I and II of Form 24Q. Version 195 In compliance with the Budget , the following changes have been incorporated: Version 185 Income tax deduction (U/s 87A) of an amount equal to hundred per cent of income tax or an amount of ` 2000, whichever is less, for an assessee being an individual resident in India, whose total income does not exceed ` 5,00,000. Surcharge of 10% for individuals whose taxable income exceeds ` 1 crore per year. Income Tax Benefit on interest on Home Loan (First Time Buyer) U/s 80EE for an amount not exceeding ` 1,00,000. In Form 24Q generated for Q4 (January-March), Category of Employee for Super Senior Citizens will be printed as 'O' in the tenth field of Salary Details. While exporting Annexure I to 24Q, only the first and last Challans were exported. In Form 12BA, incorrect values were captured for Income under the head 'Salaries' of the Employee other than from perquisites (No. 6). The values of Previous Employer Details were not reflected in B1- Income from Salary/ Pension under Part B - Gross Total Income of Form ITR-1. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 38

43 Version 184 New tax saving scheme - Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme is provided under section 80CCG. On selecting this scheme an exemption of up to 50% gets calculated on the investment subject to gross amount of ` 50,000 or net amount of ` 25,000. Version 182 Issues resolved Instead of the Name of Person Responsible provided in Payroll Statutory Details screen, Form 27A was capturing the Name of Person Responsible details mentioned in TDS/TCS Details screen. In Form 24Q Annexure II, Date to details were appearing under Column 332 (Total amount of salary), instead of appearing as a sub-head of Column 331 (Date from which employed with current employer). In ESI Monthly Statement report, the Fixed wages value was appearing inclusive of overtime wages, even if the option Exclude for ESI eligibility is set to Yes in Overtime wages Pay Head. Version 181 For those who make quarterly TDS payment, E-TDS return has been enhanced to capture Amount Credited and TDS Deducted for the quarter. In the IT Computation sheet of Form 16, Form 12BA and ITR-1 the list of employees and values gets displayed based on their date of joining and resignation. In ITR-1 the details of employees who have resigned were not displayed. In remotely accessed company, the bank code defined in bank ledger master was not getting captured in EDR and SCR of SIF records. Employee s name was not getting listed in ESI e-return, if the Date of Joining was after the first day of the month. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 39

44 Version 178 In Form 27A the interest and penalty charges for TDS payment are captured in Tax Deposited (Total Challan Amount) column. In Form 16 of remotely accessed company, Version 174 Exemptions were getting calculated based on declared values and not the proofs. Provident fund amount was not appearing under Section 80C. These issues have been resolved. The functionality is enhanced to capture income/exemption from only the present employment in Form 16. In F12: Configuration of Form 16, the option - Include Previous Employer Details is provided to include the income/exemption details from previous employment also. There was a mismatch in the gross income value captured in income tax Annexure - II and ITR-I. In Form 16, the TDS paid for multiple quarters of the Financial Year on a particular date of Next Financial Year was getting captured as payment for the quarter in which the entries were recorded. Version 173 For example: Total of TDS paid for December and January in March was reflecting as amount paid for March in Form 16. In the Reason for Leaving field of Employee master, the list of Reasons for Leaving provided as per statute gets displayed for selection. Based on the reason selected the code gets captured in PF ECR report. If the income pay head was predefined to Override Exemption Value with a particular amount, the exempted value was getting deducted from salary income in Form 16. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 40

45 Version 171 In PF e-return, the format of date of birth was being displayed as dd-mm-yyyy. This issue has been resolved and the date format is captured as dd/mm/yyyy. The details of employees who were not eligible for ESI and had resigned in the previous month were being captured in e-return. In a data comprising information of more than 400 employees, the error message Out of Memory was being displayed while generating PF Electronic cum Return Challan (ECR). In Form ITR-1, the amount of Medical Reimbursement was not being considered in Income from Salary/Pension. Version 169 The PF ECR file can be generated for the selected Employee Category/Group. In remotely accessed company, the PAN and designation of employee was not being displayed. Version 168 In PF report the contribution and wage details of employees who have contributed towards VPF and not PF were not being displayed. In the Total Income row of Form 16, the amount was not getting rounded-off to the nearest ` 10. The salary details of employees resigned before and joined after the financial year were also being considered in E-TDS report generated for fourth quarter (Q4). For example: In the E-TDS report of , the salary details of employees who resigned before and joined after were also being displayed. In the ESI upload data generated for a particular month, the reason code, total monthly wages and number of days for which wages are payable were being captured incorrectly. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 41

46 This issue has been resolved and the total monthly wages of employees eligible for ESI who resigned in the previous month are being captured with date of resignation with reason code as 2 and zero wages for current month. The PF ECR date format was being displayed as dd-mm-yyyy. This issue has been resolved and the date format is captured as dd/mm/yyyy. The count of challan and the amount entered while recording TDS payment for the fourth quarter of the previous financial year in current financial year were not being captured in TDS Return. For example: While generating fourth quarter (Q4) return, the count of challan and the amount entered in TDS payment entry recorded in April 2012 for the financial year were not being captured in TDS Return. In the row - 9(B) Other Sections (e.g. 80E, 80G etc.,) Under Chapter VI-A of Form 16, the total deduction was being displayed inclusive of Medical Treatment for Handicapped Dependent and Person with Disability but the breakup of the same was not getting captured. Version 167 The facility is provided to export data from Tally.ERP 9 in txt format to generate PF Electronic Challan Cum Return (ECR). On recording TDS payment for the fourth quarter of the previous financial year in current financial year, the challan details were not being captured in TDS Return. Version 166 For example: While generating fourth quarter (Q4) return, the challan details of TDS payment recorded in April 2012 for the financial year were not being captured in TDS Return. In compliance with the Budgetary changes of , new classification - Interest on Savings Bank Account is provided, as per the requirement under section 80D. A new option - Appearance of Employee Names is provided in the printing configuration screen of Payroll Statutory Forms. Version 165 As per Budget proposal, new Income Tax Slabs for the Financial Year were provided. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 42

47 Version 164 PF Form 12A is provided in TXT Format for E-Filing. On generating E-Returns of PF Form 3A for a company having two years data, for example , the PF payment recorded in March for the month of February in: Financial year - March February 2011 was reflecting in the PF e-returns of March February 2012 Financial year - March February 2012 was not getting captured. For UAE, only the deductions classified under Pay Head Deductions from Employees were captured in Salary Information File (SIF) Report and those under Loans and Advances were excluded. Version 163 The functionality of e-return for TDS on Salary is enhanced as per the requirements of validation tool version 3.3. The facility is provided to export SIF records in Excel Spreadsheet format. In EDR Records of SIF Records the deductions from pay heads are considered for calculation of fixed earnings. In Form 3A e-return, the functionality is enhanced to: Capture Employee PF Contribution by including the Voluntary PF amount. Indicate N in CONTHIGHERWAGESEPF_FLAG if VPF is applicable and PF is calculated based on slabs. Indicate Y in CONTHIGHERWAGESEPF_FLAG if only PF is calculated without slabs. Consider employee PF head tagged to salary details for CONTHIGHERWAGESEPF_FLAG if the company has employee specific PF slabs. Capture employer PF contribution details only after recording payment voucher. On generating Form 3A e-return for employee group, the number of employees and LOP was being displayed incorrectly. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 43

48 Version 162 The facility to generate PF Form 3A annual e-return in text format is provided for filing the annual return. Version 161 In ESI Return, the details of employees who were absent for an entire month and having gross salary above ` 15,000 were being displayed. Version 158 The Interest and Others Values available in TDS Payment Challan were not being captured in quarterly return Form E-24Q. Version 154 The number of Deductee Party Records and amount paid captured in Form 27A were not displayed as per the DD details of Form 24Q. Version 153 In the Payroll Statutory Print Configuration screen of Professional Tax Computation report the option - Print Payment Details is provided. On enabling this option, the payment details get captured in Professional Tax Computation report. In Form 16A if the deduction was more than income, value was being displayed in Gross Total field. In the instance of deduction exceeding income, 0 gets captured in Form 16A. In the printed Form 12BA, the alignment of text and sections of form was not appearing properly in page 2 and 3. Also the value displayed in box 9 was incorrect. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 44

49 Version 150 For SIF records of UAE the employee bank account number gets prefilled with zeros if it is less than 23 digits. On exporting remotely accessed data to ESI e-return, the details of all employees were being displayed in the exported file. This issue has been resolved and the data of only the employees who have contributed to ESI is captured in exported file. The yearly taxable income was being captured in column 318 of Annexure I. This issue has been resolved and the Monthly Gross earning of taxable pay heads for the challan period is captured in column 318 of Annexure I. In Form 16, the total value of section 10 was being displayed incorrectly when the amount of Other Earnings/Allowance (Fully Exempt) was captured along with other components. The No. of days/period of non contributing service (If any) column of PF Form 3A was blank. This issue has been resolved and the number of leaves-without-pay days is captured in this column. The ESI Form 3 was showing all employees in the company for the selected period. Version 143 This issue has been resolved and Form 3 shows only the new employees who joined in the selected period. In Payroll Income tax, the e-return facility is provided to file Form 24Q for first, second, third and fourth quarter. The e-return - Form 27A is provided for Payroll Income Tax. The Income Tax Report - ITR I (SAHAJ) with the Acknowledgement is provided. The Reason for Leaving entered for an employee in the current year was being displayed in the Form 3A generated for previous year. Version 142 PF e-returns for Form 5 and Form 10 are provided as per the EPFO format. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 45

50 Version 140 For Payroll Income Tax, the printable copies of the Quarterly Returns - Form 24Q and Annexure I and Annexure II are provided. Version 139 In the Print Configuration screen for Form 16, an additional option - Type of Copy has been provided to print the Original and Duplicate copies of Form 16 as required by the Employer. The PF and ESI Challan were displaying the remitted Bank details in the Payment Challan in the field where the actual Bank Details should be printed from which the Payment was being made. The PF and ESI Challan were displaying incorrect values when exported into Excel sheet. PF Form 5 was not showing those Employees for whom the Date of Joining and Date of Resigning was there in the same month. In PF Form 3A Declaration, the EPF A/c No. 1 was being displayed as EPS A/c No.1 Version 138 The Annexure A and Annexure B to Income Tax Form 16 are provided as per the statutory requirements. Version 135 In the ITR -1, the value of Deductions made U/s 80CCC and 80CCD were not considered. In the ITR Acknowledgement, the value of Deductions made U/s 80CCF was not considered. In ITR -1, the Current Year TDS value was not getting displayed correctly as per the actual TDS Payment made. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 46

51 Form 16 was not printing any values for the Employees resigned in the current Financial Year. Even the From and To - Period was printed incorrectly. Version 134 For UAE, a new field - Agent ID has been provided in the Employee Master under the Bank Details for capturing the Agent ID. If any Employee does not have the bank account in the Employers bank, Agent ID needs to be captured which will appear in SIF report. Version 132 Note: When Agent ID is empty the Employer's Bank code will appear in SIF report. The Employees who were not eligible for ESI but absent for the entire month were considered for monthly ESI e-return. The monthly e-return for ESI was not considering the employees who were marked as retired/resigned in the previous month while generating the ESI returns for previous month in the subsequent month. Version 129 The facility to generate the ESI monthly e-returns has been provided in Tally.ERP 9. The user can now generate the e-return file from Tally.ERP 9 as per the format prescribed by the ESI Corporation. The Employee Control Records (SIF record) was showing incorrect Payroll period when the Payment period and Payroll period were different. Version 123 The Details of the number of subscribers in PF Form 12A was not matching as per the selected Employee Category. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 47

52 Version 122 An Additional column has been added to the PF Monthly Statement which displays the Serial Number (S.No.) for each line item. Following have been done for UAE Payroll: To generate the SIF report for WPS (Wages Protection System) the Employee ID, Employer ID and Bank Code is restricted to 14, 13 & 9 digits respectively to ease the process of data entry. While Exporting the SIF report the file extension has been fixed to.sif. Provident Fund Form 12A was displaying the Details of Subscribers based on the Employees Date of Joining and Resigning/Retiring. This issue has been resolved and now the PF Form 12A displays the Details of Subscribers based on the PF Date of Joining/Leaving for each Employee. While Exporting Form 3A in Excel format, the details of all the Employees was not getting exported properly. Version 121 Salary Information File report for UAE Payroll A new report to generate the Salary Information File(SIF) for UAE is provided. The output file is generated as per the Wages Protection System(WPS) in UAE. The SIF file generated using Tally.ERP 9 can be directly uploaded to the respective website. In the PF Combined Challan, the PF Gross for the EDLI Contribution (A/c. No. 21) was printed incorrectly when EDLI Contribution was computed on the entire PF Gross instead of ` Version 114 The Gross wages for A/c. No. 21 (EDLI Contribution) was shown incorrectly in PF Form 12A when the slab limit was not specified in the EDLI Pay Head. The ESI was not getting calculated correctly when the ESI Pay Head was created with Current Earnings Total and had any Pay Head in the Salary Details having the option Exclude for ESI Eligibility set to Yes. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 48

53 Version 112 The ESI eligibility Amount threshold limit has been increased from ` 10,000 to ` 15,000 from 1st May The eligibility amount which was specified in the Payroll Statutory Details screen has been shifted to Statutory Masters (Stat.900). The ESI eligibility Amount field will not be available for the user to change the threshold limit each time the value changes. Version 108 The arrears calculation for the month of April for the ESI deduction and ESI Contribution will also be taken care automatically by the Statutory Masters file. The Gross Salary was printed incorrectly in ESI Monthly Challan having Employees with per day average Wages less ` 70. The total Gross Salary did not include the Gross Wages for the Employees with per day average Wages less than ` 70. Version 106 An additional option Include VPF Account has been provided in the PF Form 3A Print Configuration screen. When this option is set to Yes an additional column 3a displaying the VPF amount will be printed in the Form 3A. Version 101 Note: By default the option Include VPF Account is set to Yes. PF Form 5 was not displaying the Employees Names with Date of joining and Date of leaving in the same month. While printing the PF Form 6A and Form 3A for period to , the field Month/Year - December 2009 paid in January 2010 was displaying as January Version 96 The Total value of Wages paid and Employees ESI Contribution was shown incorrectly in the ESI Form 5. Version 95 In the Provident Fund reports, under Payroll Statutory Reports a new menu E-Return has been provided to generate Form 3A in the required format for e-filing. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 49

54 ESI Form 5 has been enhanced with the following changes: CA Form has been provided To print the Employee Name with Alias Name the following new options are provided while printing Form 5: - Alias (Name) - Alias Only - Employee Number - Name (Alias) - Name (Employee Number) - Name Only - Alias Name to be printed under the Employee Name. Declaration from Employer has been provided Important instructions to complete Form 5 have been provided Total Amount Paid will be displayed under Challan Payment details & Employee wise details The details of the Pay Heads which are considered for ESI Contribution and not considered for ESI Contribution will be displayed separately. The Employee count for A/c no. 21 (EDLI Contribution) is displayed incorrectly in PF Form 12A and PF monthly Challan. This issue has been resolved and now the Employee Count will be displayed only for the actual number of employees who contributes towards A/c no. 21. The sorting methods based on Date of Joining and Date of Leaving were not working in the PF Forms 5 and 10 respectively. Version 93 An additional option is provided to generate all the Payroll Statutory Reports based on selected Payroll/Cost Category or Employee Group. An additional Sorting option has been provided to sort the information based on sorting option selected from the list provided for the following Payroll Statutory Reports: Provident Fund Form 5: Sorting based on Account Number, Date of Joining and Employee Name Form 10: Sorting based on Account Number, Date of Leaving and Employee Name Monthly Statement: sorting based on Account Number, Employee Name and Employee Number Form 3A: Sorting based on Account Number and Employee Name Form 6A: Sorting based on Account Number and Employee Name Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 50

55 ESI Form 3: Sorting based on Account Number, Employee Name and Employee Number Monthly Statement: sorting based on Account Number, Employee Name and Employee Number Form 5: Sorting based on Account Number and Employee Name Form 6: Sorting based on Account Number and Employee Name Version 92 Professional Tax Statement: Sorting based on Employee Name and Employee Number In PF Form 10, the option to print the Code No. of the Factory / Establishment has been provided. The Professional Tax Statement has been enhanced to display the Employees who do not fall in the purview of Professional Tax and having NIL deduction. 5. Performance Version 197 Performance and memory optimisation is done in RG23D report. Version 194 While selecting a different ledger in alteration mode of sales invoice the application was getting hung. Version 185 In a Sales Invoice if the Voucher Class created for Excise and VAT was used and numerous Stock Items were selected, the time taken to select each stock item was more. Version 184 This issue has been resolved and performance has been optimised. The error message - Out of Memory was being displayed while printing TCS Form No. 27B. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 51

56 6. Service Tax Version 226 As per statutory requirement, provision to export ST 3 e-filing returns in XML format is provided to upload in ACES website. When ST 3 is generated for A Firm or Individual/Proprietary or Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership, the details get collated and shown as quarter wise breakup whereas for rest of the registration it is Month wise breakup. The Sub clause no. and Service codes are updated for all Service Categories as per the ST3 e-filing requirement. As per the statutory, the Service code is captured in the place of Service Category Name in e-filing Returns generated in xml format. The provision to enter the Name of Person Responsible in e-filing and ST3 Export/ Print screen is provided. ST Form 3 is enhanced to capture the challan no. and date specified in the Provide Details sub-screen and BSR code specified in the Bank Ledger master. In ST3 Form and e-filing Report, Part H1 was capturing all the statutory payments like Excise, Income Tax etc. where it should capture only Service Tax related payments. Version 225 The Form ST3 was capturing wrong value in Secondary and Higher Education Cess payable field when Reverse Charge / GTA transaction is recorded with Zero value in Secondary Education Cess. When Service Tax Payment entry is recorded along with Other payments like Interest, Penalty etc., the Service Tax amount was not getting captured in Form ST3 under Part H The Form ST3 Report was capturing all the statutory payment including Excise, Income Tax etc. along with Service Tax in Part H where only Service Tax payment details should capture. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 52