Authorized By	Aditya Kumar
Version	1.0
Date	31-07-2020
Author

Overview

Product	Advance Payments in W&S
Environment	Product 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

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

Release Features

Product Name	Key Feature	Description
Advance Payment	'Advance Carry Forward' Tax head	If excess amount present against the consumer no. is displayed on the UI under this Tax Head on Bill Summary Pages 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	Provision to make a payment under either 'Full amount' or 'Custom amount' options Citizen can enter desired amount under 'Custom amount ' option 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	Two extra fields are provided in the Common Receipt Format Total Bill Amount : Includes arrears, taxes, demand, advance adjusted Advance available : Advance amount available against a particular consumer
	Changes in Bill Format	Two extra fields are provided in the Common Bill Format Advance available : Advance amount available against a particular consumer Advance adjusted : Amount available under advance which is utilized against a particular demand

User Interface

Known Issues

Product	Issue	Description
Advance Payment	https://digit-discuss.atlassian.net/browse/WOR-415	'Due amount' miscalculation, if multiple meter readings are added without payment
	https://digit-discuss.atlassian.net/browse/WOR-416	'Advance adjusted' miscalculated in the bill PDF

Planned features/enhancement for the next release

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
Changes in Bill PDF
1. Tax heads must display 'unadjusted' values on the bill PDF