Deduction

Introduction

A deduction master is defined to create a reference between ledger codes and the standard and statutory deductions that are deducted in various creditor bills. By defining this deduction master, the accounts department can process the remittance of all the deductions done for a time period at once and keep track of the same.

An example of a deduction is what is deducted from salary bill as income taxes.

Data Table

Sr. No*
Deduction Name*
Deduction Code*
Subledger Category
Account Code*
*Remitted To
IFSC Code
Account No
Description

1

CPF Deduction

CPF

Employee

3502003 - CPF Deduction

Central Provident Fund Board

UBIN0XXXX69

2XXXX1234XX4

CPF Deduction

2

TDS Deduction

TDS

Contractor

3502001 - TDS Deduction

Central Government

ICICI00XXXX7

6XXX97156XX5

TDS Deduction

3

TDS from Employees

TDS Employees

Employee

3502008 - TDS Employee

Central Government

HDFC00XXX51

9XXXX759691XX7

TDS from Employees

The data given in the table is sample data.

Procedure

Data Definition

Sr No
Column Name
Data Type
Data Size
Is Mandatory?
Definition/ Description

1

Deduction Name

Text

250

Yes

The name for the deduction head, wherein users use this deduction head name while posting the transactions into the system and also user can generate an individual report using the deduction name.

2

Deduction Code

Alphanumeric

20

Yes

A unique code that identifies the deduction name, this will help the user to easily identify the deduction type while doing a transaction.

3

Subledger Category

Text

250

No

4

Account Code

Alphanumeric

50

Yes

A particular GL code would be mapped for the deduction code, these accounts codes would be used in the transaction when a deduction needs to be made. If the sub-ledger type is present then the GL code has to be a control code of that sub-ledger. If sub-ledger type is blank, then the GL code mapped will be a non-control code

5

Remitted To

Text

250

Yes

The “Remitted To” represent the relevant government department to which all the statutory remittances like Provident fund, TDS, CPF and ESI etc are deducted and remitted as per the Act. So while making the payment the “Pay To” will be set to this value

6

IFSC Code

Alphanumeric

11

No

The Bank IFSC code pertaining to the bank branch to which the payment will be made for this particular deduction

7

Account No

Alphanumeric

25

No

The Bank account number represents the account number to which all the deduction which are made would be remitted

8

Description

Text

250

No

A short description shows the deduction details for which the remittance made to the relevant government department

Steps to fill data

  1. Download the data template attached to this page.

  2. Have it open and go through all the headers and understand the meaning of them by referring 'Data Definition' section.

  3. Make sure all the headers, its data type, field size and its definition/ description is understood properly. In case of any doubt, please reach out to the person who has shared this document with you to discuss the same and clear out the doubts.

  4. Identify all different types of deduction.

  5. Start filling the data starting from serial no. and complete a record at once. repeat this exercise until the entire data is filled into a template.

  6. Verify the data once again by going through the checklist and taking care of each and every point mentioned in the checklist.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Sr. No
Checklist Parameter
Example

1

Make sure that each and every point in this reference list has been taken care of.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Sr. No.
Activity
Example

1

Deduction Code should be unique and no special character is allowed.

CPF : [Allowed]

#CPF! : [Not allowed]

2

The format of the Account Code to be 7 to 9 digits numeric and unique no repetitive code should be entered. Only detailed account code should be listed here and this should be an active code in the COA master.

Click on Chart of Accounts for master details.

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