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I want to add a weight-based tax in BUSY that calculates per liter/kg. How can I do this?

 If you want to addvprice in item master, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Open BUSY and select the company you want to work with. Then, go to the Administration tab and click on the Masters.
Step 2: Under Masters, select Item and then click on Modify. This will open a list of your items that you can choose from.
Step 3: Select the item that you want to add theprice for.
Step 4: Click on Save to apply the changes and close the window.
Please note to take latest Backup of your data before make any changes in your data.

Is it possible to maintain inventory of returned or expired items separately without impacting the main inventory?

 Yes, it is possible to maintain inventory of sales returned of expired items separately without impacting the main inventory by follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to administration section the click on master menu and select material center option.
Step 2: Now, Click on add and create material center master and disable the option of reflect the stock in balance sheet then save the master.
Step 3: Next, Go to transaction section then click on sales return voucher and select add tab.
Step 4: Now, create the sales return voucher for expired items with newly created material center and save the invoice.

How can I reduce the % fresh charges to % in BUSY?.

 To Reduce GST Rate from 12% to 5% in BUSY: 
Step 1: Go to Administration Menu and click on Tax Category
Step 2: Click on Modify and select GST 12%
Step 3: under Change in Tax Rates option and Enter w.e.f date. and new 5 % gst.
Step 4: Enter the effective date (w.e.f. date) from which the new 5% GST rate will be applicable. This date is important for compliance and reporting purposes.
Step 5: Enter the new GST rate, which is 5% in this case.
Step 6: Save the changes.

How do I create an expense account in BUSY

 Expense Account refers to Account Master in BUSY.
Expense can be of 2 Type.
1. Expenses (Direct/Mfg.) - All Expesnes which are directly incurred in the Procurement / Manufacturing of Goods and Services.
2. Expenses (Indirect/Admn.) - All Expenses other than Direct are referred as Indirect.
To Create Expesne follow below Steps.
Step 1: Click on Administration
Step 2: Click on Masters
Step 3: Click on Accounts
Step 4: Click on Add
Step 5: Write Name of Supplier
Step 6: Select Expenses (Direct/Mfg.) / Expenses (Indirect/Admn.) from Dropdown List
Step 7: Fill Other Required Details, i.e. GST Details, Contact Details, Bill by Bill Details etc
Step 8: Click on Save

How can i add new materisl centre in BUSY?

 To add a new material centre in BUSY, follow below steps:
Step 1: Go to Administration menu then select Configuration submenu.
Step 2: Then select Feature and options and then click on Inventory tab.
Step 3: Now select the check box of enable multi gowdown inventroy option and then press ok and save botton to save the changes
Step 5: After that go to Administration menu and then submenu master
Step 6: Then select material centre option and then click on add option
Step 6: Now specify the necessary details such as name, group etc and press ok option to create a material centre.

How do I correctly categorize assets and liabilities?

 To create a Account Group for categories assets and liabilities, please follow steps : 
Step 1: go to the Administration tab on the top menu bar and click on Masters.
Step 2: Select Account Group option and click on Add.
Step 3: Enter your account group name and set Primary Group as N. Then, select the main expense group name from the drop-down list, such as Expenses (Direct/Mfg.) or Expenses (Indirect/Admn.). Click on Save.
Step 4: Now, when you create an expense master, you can select the account group that you have created and categorize your expense accordingly.

How can I update the scheme?

 To update the scheme in BUSY Accounting software, you need to follow these steps: 
Step 1. Go to Administration menu and then Click on Configuration tab
Step 2. Select Features and Options and Choose Inventory option
Step 3. After then Enable the Scheme Option.
Step 4. Now Go to Administration and Click on Masters
Step 5. Select Scheme and then Add the scheme
Step 6. Mention the date and time, then select the required voucher for which you want to apply it
Step 7.Specify the scheme type and create it.

Is there a specific process to follow when adding or removing items in BUSY to ensure changes are reflected?The GST template file is not working in BUSY. How can I resolve this issue?

 No, there is not specific process to ensure changes are reflected further 
you have to check it in the list of the item master yourself whether removed or added.
Further If your GST Template file is not working then please follow the given steps
Step 1: Make sure you are using latest template of offline tool.
Step 2: Make sure you have renamed template file.
Step 3: Ensure that you have selected the correct folder for detecting the
template file.
Step 4: Please check the error report before proceed to generate or upload.

How do I change the price for a item if it has changed from today after I have entered the entry?

 To change the price of a item in BUSY after the entry has been made, you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to administration then configuration.
Step 2: Choose features and opton and select inventory tab.
Step 3: Now enable date wise item pricing and click on save button.
Step 4: In administration select masters.
Step 5: Select item for which the price has been changed.
Step 6: Now window will pop up by enter key for date wise price information, in the window mention the new price and new date from which price has been changed and save item master.

What steps should I follow to add a new tax item and ensure it shows correctly during billing in the software?

 To add new tax items in BUSY,you can follow some steps: 
Step 1: Go to Administration and then click on Master.
Step 2: Now click on Item and then Click on Add option.
Step 3: Now Enter item details and enter tax rate in Tax category Feild if tax Rate does not exist in Drop down then press F3 by keep cursor on Tax category Feild.
Step 4: Enter name for custom tax and type and then enter tax rate in GST Rate Info for IGST,CGST and SGST and Save the master.

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