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How do I check if a party is created in BUSY Accounting Software?

To check if a party is created in BUSY Accounting Software, follow these steps:
Step 1: Open your company then go to the Administration menu.
Step 2: Select Masters and click on Account then select List.
Step 3: Choose Standard Format and can select either All Accounts or Group of Accounts.
Step 4: Open the list and can search item names by using F3 shortcut key.

How can I tag an account for IGST input in the Bill sundry?

To tag IGST input account in the bill sundry, you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Open your company then go to Administration menu.
Step 2: Select Masters and click on Bill Sundry.
Step 3: Select Modify and select IGST bill sundry and specify IGST input account in Account head to post field then save.
Note: Take backup of your data before making any changes.

Where do I configure the default advance accounts for employees and vendors?

To configure the default advance accounts for employees and vendors, you need to follow the below steps:
Step 1: Go to Administration, then select Masters, then select Account or Employee, then click on Add.
Step 2: Put the name of the advance account for employees and vendors and the relevant information.
Step 3: In this, you should select the group as loans and advances (assets).

What are the different types of Masters that need to be configured?

In BUSY, it is necessary to maintain various masters for data entry purpose which includes Account master, Item master, Unit master, Tax category master, Sales type, material center and more. 
To create any master in BUSY, follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to Display section then choose master menu.
Step 2: Now, select the required master type and then click on Add to create.

What is the alias field, and how do I fill it correctly?

The alias field is a data field in the software where you can enter an alternative name or code for an item or entity. To fill it correctly, you need to enter the desired alias or code in the alias field of the respective master or item. This can be done by modifying the master or item and selecting the alias field.

How do I categorize expenses as direct or indirect in BUSY?

To categorize expenses as direct or indirect in BUSY, follow below steps:
Step 1: Take backup of your data before any process
Step 2: Go to Administration menu and then submenu master
Step 3: Then select account and click on modify option
Step 4: Select the specific account that you want to modify and change acount group from direct or indirect as per your requirment

How do I calculate the weight of carats in milligrams?

If you want to configure Unit Conversion in BUSY Accounting Software, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to the Administration and click on Masters tab.
Step 2: Select Unit Conversion and click on Add.
Step 3: Now, Enter Main Unit, Sub Unit & Conversion Factor and save.
Step 4: Add main unit as Carats and sub unit as a Milligrams and save the configuration.

How do I find a customer's contact number in BUSY?

Here are the steps for checking contact details of party :
Step 1: Go to Administration menu
Step 2: Click on masters option
Step 3: Then click on Account option
Step 4: Then click on Modiy button
Step 5: Then select party and open the party master in modfiy mode
Step 6: here you can check contact details of particular party or account

My imported items show invalid HSN, what should I do?

If your imported items are showing invalid HSN in BUSY follow the below mentioned steps: 
Step 1: Go to Transaction menu
Step 2: Click on GST misc. utilities and then click on Validate HSN online
Step 3: Load the HSN and validate all
Step 4: If any HSN found invalid then Go to the party master and check the HSN and update there

How to create party master in BUSY?

To create party master in BUSY by following below steps:
Step1: Go to Administration menu and then click on masters option
Step2: Then click on Account option and select Add option
Step3: Here you are create a new party master with the required details of party name, group name, address and gst number and other details as per your requirement and then save the configuration
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