Introduction

A deduction master is defined to create a reference between ledger codes and to the standard and statutory deductions that is deducted in various creditor bills. By defining this deduction master, 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

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

Note: Data given in the table is a sample data.

Procedure

Data Definition

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

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 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	The Subledger type is the value which will tell the party type associated with the deduction. This will be aligned with the standard set of sub-ledger types in DIGIT like - Contractor, Supplier and Employee. Example: When a payment to be made for a contractor, TDS deduction is done and “Contractor” would be mapped to the subledger type. Click SubLedger Category for the master details.
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 need to be made. If the subledger type is present then the GL code has to be a control code of that subledger. If subledger type is blank, then the GL code 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 represent 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

Download the data template attached to this page.
Have it open and go through all the headers and understand the meaning of them by referring 'Data Definition' section.
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.
Identify all different types of deduction.
Start filling the data starting from serial no. and complete a record at once. repeat this exercise till the entire data is filled into a template.
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

Sr. No	Checklist Parameter	Example
1	Make sure that each and every point in this reference list has been taken care of.	Checklist

Entity Specific Checklist

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

Sr. No.	Activity	Example

Sr. No.

Activity

Example

1

Deduction Code should to 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.

Chart of Accounts

Attachments

Configuration data template - Deduction

Sample configuration data - Deduction

eGovernments Implementation

Deduction