Release Notes for Advance Payment implementation in W&S

Owned by Aditya K
Last updated: Jul 30, 2020


Authorized ByAditya Kumar
Version1.0
Date31-07-2020
Author


Overview


ProductAdvance Payments in W&S
EnvironmentProduct UAT


Advance payments feature helps citizens to make a payment more than the pending amount. Also the citizen is informed about the excess amount paid and amount available as advance in the bills and receipts. 



Highlights

  1. Pay/ Adjust excess amount against the demand generated
  2. Generate Receipt showing the excess payment
  3. Generate Bill with advance amount adjustment



Release Features


Product NameKey FeatureDescription
Advance Payment'Advance Carry Forward' Tax head
  1. If excess amount present against the consumer no. is displayed on the UI under this Tax Head on Bill Summary Pages
  2. After creation of new demand, this amount is adjusted against the other Tax heads and displayed on the UI

Ability to pay more than Bill Amount
  1. Provision to make a payment under either 'Full amount' or 'Custom amount' options
  2. Citizen can enter desired amount under 'Custom amount ' option
  3. Amount entered can be either less or more than the bill amount. So partial payment and advance payment both are possible.

Changes in Receipt Format
  1. Two extra fields are provided in the Common Receipt Format
    1. Total Bill Amount : Includes arrears, taxes, demand, advance adjusted
    2. Advance available : Advance amount available against a particular consumer

Changes in Bill Format
  1. Two extra fields are provided in the Common Bill Format
    1. Advance available : Advance amount available against a particular consumer
    2. Advance adjusted : Amount available under advance which is utilized against a particular demand

User Interface


Known Issues 


ProductIssueDescription
Advance Payment WOR-415 - Getting issue details... STATUS 'Due amount' miscalculation, if multiple meter readings are added without payment

 WOR-416 - Getting issue details... STATUS 'Advance adjusted' miscalculated in the bill PDF

Planned features/enhancement for the next release

  1. Cap on amount entered
    1. There is a check provided to inform the user about the amount entered when it crosses a certain limit
    2. The user gets an alert message in the form of warning when a certain amount is entered which crosses the limit
    3. Check is provided based on two conditions, any point of time it is maximum of either
      1. Fix amount, or
      2. 10 x Bill amount
    4. Note to be taken that, there is no restriction over maximum amount that can be paid
  2. Changes in Bill PDF
    1. Tax heads must display 'unadjusted' values on the bill PDF