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Billing Service

Overview

The main objective of the billing module is to generate the bill for all revenue-based business services. To serve the bill, the Billing-Service requires demand. Demands will be prepared by the revenue modules and stored by billing based on which it generates the Bill.

Pre-requisites

  • Prior Knowledge of Java/J2EE.
  • Prior Knowledge of Spring Boot.
  • Prior Knowledge of KAFKA
  • Prior Knowledge of REST APIs and related concepts like path parameters, headers, JSON, etc.
  • Prior knowledge of demand-based systems.
  • The following services should be up and running:
    • user
    • MDMS
    • Id-Gen
    • URL-Shortening
    • notification-sms

Key Functionalities

  • eGov billing service creates and maintains demands.
  • Generates bills based on demands.
  • Updates the demands from payment when the collection service takes a payment.

Deployment Details

  • Deploy the latest image of the billing service available.

Configuration Details

In the MDMS data configuration, the following master data is needed for the functionality of the billing.
MDMS
Business Service JSON
{
"tenantId": "pb",
"moduleName": "BillingService",
"BusinessService": [
{
"businessService": "PropertyTax",
"code": "PT",
"isBillAmendmentEnabled":"true",
"collectionModesNotAllowed": [
"DD","OFFLINE_NEFT","OFFLINE_RTGS","POSTAL_ORDER"
],
"partPaymentAllowed": true,
"minAmountPayable":100,
"isAdvanceAllowed": false,
"demandUpdateTime": 86400000,
"isVoucherCreationEnabled": true,
"billGineiURL" : "egov-searcher/bill-genie/billswithaddranduser/_get"
},
{
"businessService": "WaterCharges",
"code": "WC",
"isBillAmendmentEnabled":"true",
"collectionModesNotAllowed": [
"DD","OFFLINE_NEFT","OFFLINE_RTGS","POSTAL_ORDER"
],
"partPaymentAllowed": false,
"isAdvanceAllowed": true,
"demandUpdateTime": 86400000,
"isVoucherCreationEnabled": false
},
{
"businessService": "TradeLicense",
"code": "TL",
"collectionModesNotAllowed": [
"DD","OFFLINE_NEFT","OFFLINE_RTGS","POSTAL_ORDER"
],
"partPaymentAllowed": false,
"isAdvanceAllowed": false,
"demandUpdateTime": 604800000,
"isVoucherCreationEnabled": true
}
]
}
TAX-Head JSON
{
"tenantId": "pb",
"moduleName": "BillingService",
"TaxHeadMaster": [
{
"category": "ADVANCE_COLLECTION",
"service": "PT",
"name": "Pt advance carry forward",
"code": "PT_ADVANCE_CARRYFORWARD",
"isDebit": true,
"isActualDemand": false,
"order": "0",
"isRequired": false
},
{
"category": "TAX",
"service": "PT",
"name": "Pt owner exemption",
"code": "PT_OWNER_EXEMPTION",
"isDebit": true,
"isActualDemand": true,
"order": "5",
"isRequired": false
},
{
"category": "TAX",
"service": "PT",
"name": "Pt time rebate",
"code": "PT_TIME_REBATE",
"isDebit": true,
"isActualDemand": true,
"order": "2",
"isRequired": false
},
{
"category": "TAX",
"service": "PT",
"name": "Pt unit usage excemption",
"code": "PT_UNIT_USAGE_EXEMPTION",
"isDebit": true,
"isActualDemand": true,
"order": "6",
"isRequired": false
},
{
"category": "TAX",
"service": "PT",
"name": "Pt adhoc penalty",
"code": "PT_ADHOC_PENALTY",
"isDebit": false,
"isActualDemand": false,
"order": "1",
"isRequired": false
},
{
"category": "TAX",
"service": "PT",
"name": "propertytax",
"code": "PT_TAX",
"isDebit": false,
"isActualDemand": true,
"order": "0",
"isRequired": false
},
{
"category": "TAX",
"service": "PT",
"name": "Pt fire cess",
"code": "PT_FIRE_CESS",
"isDebit": false,
"isActualDemand": true,
"order": "7",
"isRequired": false
}
]
}
Tax-Period JSON
{
"tenantId": "pb",
"moduleName": "BillingService",
"TaxPeriod": [
{
"fromDate": 1554076799000,
"toDate": 1585679399000,
"periodCycle": "ANNUAL",
"service": "PT",
"code": "PTAN2019",
"financialYear": "2019-20"
},
{
"fromDate": 1522540800000,
"toDate": 1554076799000,
"periodCycle": "ANNUAL",
"service": "PT",
"code": "PTAN2018",
"financialYear": "2018-19"
},
{
"fromDate": 1491004800000,
"toDate": 1522540798000,
"periodCycle": "ANNUAL",
"service": "PT",
"code": "PTAN2017",
"financialYear": "2017-18"
},
{
"fromDate": 1459468800000,
"toDate": 1491004799000,
"periodCycle": "ANNUAL",
"service": "PT",
"code": "PTAN2016",
"financialYear": "2016-17"
},
{
"fromDate": 1522540800000,
"toDate": 1554076799000,
"periodCycle": "ANNUAL",
"service": "TL",
"code": "TLAN2018",
"financialYear": "2018-19"
}
]
}
Variable
Path
Description
bs.businesscode.demand.updateurl
Each module’s application calculator should provide its own update URL. if not present then a new bill will be generated without making any changes to the demand.
bs.bill.billnumber.format
BILLNO-{module}-[SEQ_egbs_billnumber{tenantid}]
IdGen format for the bill number
bs.amendment.idbs.bill.billnumber.format
BILLNO-{module}-[SEQ_egbs_billnumber{tenantid}]
is.amendment.workflow.enabled
true/false
enable disable workflow of bill amendment

Integration Details

Integration Scope

Billing service can be integrated with any organization or system that wants a demand-based payment system.

Integration Benefits

  • Easy to create and simple process of generating bills from demands
  • The amalgamation of bills period-wise for a single entity like PT or Water connection.
  • Amendment of bills in case of legal requirements.

Steps to Integration

  1. 1.
    Customers can create a demand using the /demand/_create
  2. 2.
    Organizations or Systems can search the demand using /demand/_searchendpoint
  3. 3.
    Once the demand is raised the system can call /demand/_update endpoint to update the demand as per need.
  4. 4.
    Bills can be generated using, which is a self-managing API that generates a new bill only when the old one expires /bill/_fetchbill.
  5. 5.
    Bills can be searched using /bill/_search.
  6. 6.
    Amendment facility can be used in case of a legal issue to add values to existing demands using /amendment/_create and /amendment/_update can be used to cancel the created ones or update workflow if configured.

Interaction Diagram

Interaction Diagram V1.1:

Reference Docs

Doc Links
Description
Link
Id-Gen service
****
url-shortening
MDMS
API List
Description
Link
/demand/_create, _update, _search
/bill/_fetchbill, _search
/amendment/_create, _update

Apportioning FAQs

What is apportioning?
Adjusting the receivable amount with the individual tax head.
Types of apportioning V1.1
Default order-based apportioning(Based on apportioning order adjust the received amount with each tax head).V1.1
Types of apportioning V1.2: (TBD)
  • Proportionate-based apportioning (Adjust total receivable with all the tax heads equally)
  • Order & percentage-based apportioning (Adjust total receivable based on order and the percentage which is defined for each tax head).
Principle of apportioning
The basic principle of apportioning holds that if the full amount is paid for any bill then each individual tax head should get nullified with their corresponding adjusted amount.
Example: Case 1: When there are no arrears all tax heads belong to their current purpose.
Example: given below
Tax Head
Amount
Order
Full Payment (2000)
Partial Payment (1500)
Partial Payment (750)
Partial Payment With Rebate (500)
Pt_tax
1000
6
1000
1000
750
750
AdjustedAmt
1000
-250
-750
-750
RemainingAMTfromPayableAMT
0
0
0
0
Penality
500
5
500
500
AdjustedAmt
500
-500
RemainingAMTfromPayableAMT
1000
250
Interest
500
4
500
500
AdjustedAmt
500
-500
RemainingAMTfromPayableAMT
1500
750
Cess
500
3
500
500
AdjustedAmt
500
-500
RemainingAMTfromPayableAMT
2000
1250
Exm
-250
1
-250
-250
AdjustedAmt
-250
250
RemainingAMTfromPayableAMT
2250
1750
Rebate
-250
2
-250
-250
AdjustedAmt
-250
250
RemainingAMTfromPayableAMT
2500
750
Case 2: Apportioning with two years of arrear: Example: The apportioning details for the financial year 2014-15 are given below.
Tax Head
Amount
Tax Period From
Tax Period To
Order
Purpose
Pt_tax
1000
2014
2015
6
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
Penality
500
2014
2015
5
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
Interest
500
2014
2015
4
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
Cess
500
2014
2015
3
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
Exm
-250
2014
2015
1
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
The table below illustrates the demand structure generated in case there are no payments for the specified financial year (2015-16).
Tax Head
Amount
Tax Period From
Tax Period To
Order
Purpose
Pt_tax
1000
2014
2015
6
Arrear
AdjustedAmt
0
Pt_tax
1500
2015
2016
6
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
Penalty
600
2014
2015
5
Arrear
AdjustedAmt
0
Penalty
500
2015
2016
5
Current
AdjustedAmt
0
Interest
500
2014
4
Arrear
AdjustedAmt
0
Cess
500
2014
3
Arrear
AdjustedAmt
0
Exm
-250
2014
1
Arrear
AdjustedAmt
0
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