A provision is made to adjust CENVAT credit with service tax payable: Now, service tax payable can be adjusted against the available CENVAT credit in a journal voucher transaction.
A provision is made to export ST 3 report in the revised format: Now, ST 3 can be directly exported in xml format in the revised xml schema.
A provision is made to record service bills in currencies other than Indian Rupee: Now, Service Amount or Amount (Incl. of Tax) in Service Tax Details screen can be recorded in currency other than Indian Rupee.
A provision is made to adjust credit on advance payment made to service provider against tax liability: Payments made in advance to service providers can now be adjusted against tax liability or excise duty payable, by selecting the flag Input Credit Adjustment in journal voucher.
A provision is made to display total value in the print out of sales invoice recorded against advance receipt from the party: The option Print Advance Receipt details is provided in the advanced Invoice Print Configuration screen to allow printing details of advance receipt, against which the sales invoice was recorded.
A provision is made to create liability for reverse charge, even when tax is not charged while booking the service received: When reserve charge is enabled, and details configured, reverse charge liability can be directly generated without having to charge tax in the transaction where reverse charge service is booked.
Quarterly service tax returns Form A3 is provided: SEZ units can now generate Form A3 to file quarterly Service Tax returns.
A provision is made to calculate service tax on advance receipt for services defined under reverse charge: Now, for services defined as reverse charge, advance payments can be recorded by calculating service tax, and by defining service provider’s liability. Further, sales invoice can be recorded against the advance receipt for reverse charge services.
A provision is made to support Input Service Distributor functionality: The option Allow Input Service Distributor is provided in the F12: Configure of Service Tax Details screen. Enable this option to mark the unit as service distributor and transfer input credit received from purchase to other units, by passing a journal transaction.
A provision is made to cancel service tax transactions using journal voucher: Now, service tax credit note and debit note can be recorded using journal voucher to cancel services.
A report is provide to allow reconciliation of service tax payment transaction: The report Challan Reconciliation is provided under service tax reports to specify challan details for service tax payment transactions, without having to alter the transaction.
A provision is made in service tax reports to display credit on GTA and reverse charges as credit available, as per department date: To help assessee arrive at credit available for a specific period, a provision is made to display GTA/Import/Reverse Charge transactions, where recipient is paying tax and availing credit in the reports as per department date, and display liability as per party payment date in Service Tax Payable report.
A provision is made to generate service tax returns for multiple branch/unit from single company: Now, multiple service tax registration details can be maintained by creating tax units with service tax registration numbers, after setting the option Enable Multi-unit Tax Registration to Yes in Service Tax Details screen. Service tax returns can be generated for each branch/unit separately for same book of accounts (company).
A provision is made to adjust service tax against municipal tax paid to the department: Service tax department has made a provision to adjust service tax against municipal tax paid. The same can now be adjusted by selecting the Adjustment against municipal tax paid as Nature of Adjustment while recording a journal transaction.
A provision is made to support the new point of taxation rule for service tax under reverse charge: As per 2014 Budget, point of taxation in respect of reverse charge will be the payment date or the first day that occurs immediately after a period of three months from the date of invoice, whichever is earlier. To support this ruling, a provision is made to create service tax liability, if the payment is not made within 3 months from the date of invoice.
A provision is made to adjust service tax liability against excess service tax paid earlier, and to display the transaction in ST-3: Now, service tax liability can be adjusted against excess service tax paid earlier by selecting the option Excess Service Tax Paid earlier Rule 6(4A) Adjustment as Nature of Adjustment in journal transaction. This adjustment entry is displayed in ST-3 report.
A provision is made to enter all types of service booking directly in payment voucher: Now, transactions for all type of services is booked directly in payment voucher by selecting the required Type of Service in the Service Tax Allocation screen without having to first create a purchase entry and then record payment.
A provision is made to print Name of Person Responsible and Designation in ST-3 report: The fields Name of Person Responsible and Designation are provided in the Print Report screen of ST-3 report to allow capturing these details, and print the same in the report. The same feature is extended to XML ST-3 report.
A provision is made to adjust credit on advance payment made to service provider against tax liability: Payments made in advance to service providers can now be adjusted against tax liability or excise duty payable, by selecting the flag Input Credit Adjustment in journal voucher.
A provision is made to display total value in the print out of sales invoice recorded against advance receipt from the party: The option Print Advance Receipt details is provided in the advanced Invoice Print Configuration screen to allow printing details of advance receipt, against which the sales invoice was recorded.
A provision is made to create liability for reverse charge, even when tax is not charged while booking the service received: When reserve charge is enabled, and details configured, reverse charge liability can be directly generated without having to charge tax in the transaction where reverse charge service is booked.
Additional ledger value was not appearing automatically in service tax sales invoice recorded using voucher class, resolved: When an additional ledger is configured with As Flat Rate as Type of Calculation in voucher class defined for service tax sales invoice, the value for the additional ledger was not being retained in the transaction.
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