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Meghdoot Service Tax Update by CEPT (Megh 7.9.3)

1.    Brief Description

Service tax is revised with effect from 1.6.2015 as per F.No.PA Book 1/ST/2015-16/D-2807 to 2855 dated 26-5-2015. With the increase in Service tax component the other two components ie Education Cess and Higher Education cess cease to have effect. Hence the components are made as ‘zero’ for having any effect while calculating Service tax. Automatic  calculation of service tax as per the revised rates for the following transactions.



·         Speed Post
·         Express Parcel
·         New Pension Scheme
·         World Net Express
·         BNPL Parcel
·         PLI and RPLI (Accounts and Accounts PBS)
·         Biller Payments


2.      Pre-Requisites

Meghdoot 7.9.2.   Offices using any other version than Meghdoot 7.9.2 should first update it to Meghdoot 7.9.1.  Procedure for upgradation to Meghdoot 7.9.2 is available at  ftp://cept.gov.in/Meghdoot7/Updates/MeghdootUpdate7.9.2.

3.       Contents

This Update contains the following applications:

1
Update for Point of Sale
2
Treasury
3
Accounts
4
Accounts PBS
5
Update for BNPL Parcel

Upgrade Instructions        


Ø  Please take backup of all related databases and MDB’s after completion of the day’s work before proceeding for up-gradation of this update.

Up-gradation Procedure and Features


Point of Sale

ü  Run the Pointofslae_ServiceTax_Updation.exe in the server machine.
ü  If your office is authorized to book WNX article and the WNX Master data folder upload is not done, it should be done before executing the PointOfSale_ServiceTax_Updation.exe.
·         Service tax for SpeedPost,  New Pension Scheme and WNX transactions will be updated.

Accounts

ü  Replace the existing  Accounts.exe with new one.
·         Modified calculation of Income tax as per latest slab ( TPA)
·         Service tax and education cess deduction for PLI /RPLI. Service tax will be calculated automatically based on the date of acceptance. Date of acceptance is a mandatory input.
·         Deletion of existing policy is not required. Service tax  will be updated through modification option.
·         If policy belong to J and K, then check the ‘select for J and K Policy’ check box.  Service Tax/Sales tax will be calculated on the basis of the selection.(Since the revised Sales tax is not available sales tax will be calculated at the old rate)
Accounts PBS

ü  Rename the exe as schedule.exe and Copy the schedule exe to the application installation folder.
ü  Upgrade the database by executing schedule7.9.3.exl using script tool.
Service Tax  automatic calculation for first year premium and renewal premium
·         Fetching Service tax  from Subaccounts
·         Incorporating Service tax  from counter transactions.
·         Seperate reports for PLIRPLI ST   provided under receipt reports.
·         Issue with ebill fetching option for no of bills fetched / showed as 'zero' is rectified.

Treasury

ü  Rename the existing Treasurer.exe and copy the new Treasurer.exe in the same location.
ü  Run Treasury28052015.exl file using script tool.
·         Necessary modification to recover the enhanced rate of service tax amount from the ePayment Biller/COD biller payments wherever applicable
·         With the increase in service tax component, the other two components ie; Education Cess and Higher Education Cess are cease to have effect. Hence, the components are made as ‘Zero’ for having any effect during calculation of tax amount to be recovered.
·          Necessary modifications were done for the purpose of NPS Payments in Treasury with the Enhanced Rate of Service Tax.

BNPL Parcel

ü  Take BNPLParcel database backup and execute the BNPLPARCEL_ST.exl script.
·         Service tax updation