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I am unable to separate tax amounts paid to different GST registered suppliers. What reports can provide this breakup?

To check total tax paid to GST regsiter supplier from purchase vouchers, follow these steps:
1.Go to the Display menu.
2.Check and open Account Books.
3.Within Account Books, open the Purchase Register.
4.Choose All Purchase Types.
5.All parties.
6.Enter the date range and other relevant filter details.
7.Enable the option to Show Payment/Receipt Details.
8.Open the generated report.
You will find a bill-wise breakdown of GST amounts and the status information indicating whether the payment is cleared, pending, or partial.


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The invoice attestation is appearing twice in my report. How can I ensure it only shows up once?

To ensure it only shows up once, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Check for Duplicate Entries
Step 2: Ensure that when you enter invoice attestations, you do not accidentally input the same data twice
Step 3: Verify that the date range for your report is correctly set.
Step 4: If the duplicate entries persist, you may need to manually adjust the report to remove one of the duplicate attestation entries.
Step 5: An audit trail feature that logs all changes to entries.

Why is the GST liability amount not getting posted to the correct period in the balance sheet?

Here are some common issues and solutions:
Step 1: Ensure that the transaction date for the GST liability is entered correctly.
Step 2; verify the Accounting Period Mismatch
Step 3: Check for any issues or bugs in BUSY
Step 4: Review the entries made manually to ensure there are no errors in data entry
STep 5: Ensure that the GST liability transactions are being posted correctly.
Step 6: Regularly reconcile your GST liability account with supporting documentation to identify and rectify any issues .

How can I separate credit notes, debit notes and other fields in the GSTR reports in BUSY?

In BUSY, separate credit note and debit note reports are not available in the GSTR report. Further can check GSTR 1, GSTR 2 and GSTR 3B report and check data section wise. 
Additionally you can view the account register report for credit and debit notes separately in BUSY, follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to the Display section then click on Account Books
Step 2: Click on Account Register (Standard)
Step 3: Select Debit Note or Credit Note Register as per required.

How can I save the generated JSON GST return file with the current date format in BUSY?

download and save GSTR eReturns from BUSY. To do this you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the Display menu and select GST Reports.
Step 2: Choose GST Return and then the return type you want to generate, such as GSTR-1 eReturn, GSTR-3B eReturn, etc.
Step 3: Choose the report format you want to generate, such as JSON, CSV File, As per Govt. Template, or Plain Excel.
Step 4: Now enter the period and can generate the selected return as per the selected format.

How can I accurately capture data from purchase and sales registers for GSTR filing in BUSY?

To accurately capture data from purchase and sales registers for GSTR filing in BUSY, you need to ensure that all relevant transactions are recorded in the software.
Step 1 : This includes entering sales invoices, purchase invoices, debit/credit notes, and any other relevant documents.
Step 2 : Make sure to enter the correct details such as invoice numbers, dates, GSTIN numbers, and tax amounts.
Step 3: Regularly reconcile the data in the registers with the GSTR reports generated by BUSY to identify and resolve any discrepancies.

I am unable to generate GSTR-/A/B properly in BUSY. What should I check to fix this?

Generate and save GSTR eReturns from BUSY. To do this you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the Display menu and select GST Reports.
Step 2: Choose GST Return and then the return type you want to generate, such as GSTR-1 eReturn, GSTR-3B eReturn, etc.
Step 3: Choose the report format you want to generate, such as JSON, CSV File, As per Govt. Template, or Plain Excel.
Step 4: Now enter the period and can generate the selected return as per the selected format.

The GST calculations are incorrect in the bills generated by BUSY. What could be wrong?

Reasons are mentioned below if the GST calculations are incorrect in the bills generated by BUSY.
Step 1: Tax Rates for different goods and services are not correctly specified in the invoice.
Step 2: Due to not updating the software and voucher gst summary the calculation sometimes gets mismatch in report.
Step 3: If the invoice details such as item quantities, prices, and tax amounts, are not accurately mentioned.
Step 4: It could be due to the sale purchase type used in the voucher so choose correct sale purhcase types.

How can I select a custom date range for the GST sales register in BUSY?

A custom date range for the GST sales register in BUSYby following these general steps:
Step 1: Once you are logged into the software, look for the Display menu.
Step 2: Within the Display menu, you should find a submenu or option related to GST Reports.
Step 3: Click on it to proceed.
Step 4: In the GST Reports section,Look for the option labeled GST Registers
Step 5: Select GST Sales register
Step 6:Specify the date range of yearly and open the report .

How can I update the changes in my ITC tagging to reflect in GSTR-?

To update the changes in your ITC tagging and reflect them in GSTR-1, you can follow these steps in BUSY:
Step 1. Open the software and go to the ITC tagging section.
Step 2. Select the relevant invoices or bills that you want to update.
Step 3. Use options like change status for all pending or claim for next month to update the tagging.
Step 4. Save the changes.
Step 5. Generate the GSTR-1 report again to see the updated ITC tagging reflecting in the report.