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Modules

PowerCA Modules

Accounts

Module

Accounting module is designed to help accountants and financial professionals efficiently manage and streamline various accounting tasks.

  • Select Year – This selection helps in organizing and managing financial data within a specific period.
  • Bank Master – This information may include the bank’s name, address, contact details, and any other relevant information.
  • Cost Center – Cost centers are used to track and manage expenses related to a particular function or area of the business.
  • Select Concern – The term “Select concern” may suggest choosing or specifying a particular business entity or organization within this module.
  • Accounts Tree – An accounts tree is a hierarchical listing of all the accounts used by an organization to record financial transactions. 

Transactions

  1. Voucher – Vouchers are used to record and authorize various types of transactions within an organization. 
  2. Memo Voucher – a “Memo Voucher” refers to a type of voucher used to record non-financial transactions or notes for internal purposes.
  3. Revenue budget – a “Revenue Budget” is a financial plan that outlines the expected income or revenue for a specific period.
  4. Capital Budget – The capital budget is a financial plan that outlines the long-term investments and expenditures a company plans to undertake to enhance its operations. 
  5. Opening Balance –  The initial amount of money or value assigned to an account at the beginning of a specific accounting period.

Reports

  1. Trial Balance – A Trial Balance is a statement of all the ledger account balances within a company at a specific point in time.
  2. Ledger – The ledger is organized in a systematic way to track all financial transactions for a business or organization.
  3. Cash/Bank Book – It is a ledger that tracks all cash and bank transactions of a business.
  4. Voucher Details – It contains details such as the date of the transaction, the parties involved, a description of the transaction, and the amount.

Attendance

Module

An "Attendance module" in software typically involves tracking and managing the attendance of employees within an Firms.

  • Sequence Creations – The process of generating and managing attendance sequences.
  • Staff  Group – Group employees into different categories for attendance management and reporting purposes.
  • Staff Master – That stores and manages detailed information about the staff within an Firms.
  • Grace Time – An employee’s late arrival is tolerated without being marked as tardy or resulting in negative consequences.
  • Absence Rules – Predefined guidelines that determine how employee absences are recorded, tracked, and managed within an Firms.
  • Exceeding Absence Rules – where an employee’s absences go beyond the predefined rules or limits set by the Firms.
  • Leave Claim Rules – The predefined rules that govern how employees can claim their leaves.
  • Leave Credit Rules – The rules governing how employee leaves are credited or allocated.
  • OT Reward Rules – The rules governing the calculation and allocation of rewards or compensation for overtime.
  • Term –  A predefined period of time that is used to track attendance and related activities.
  • SMS Balance – Tracks and manages the availability of SMS notifications or alerts.
  • Mail List – Email lists associated with attendance-related communication.
  • Biometric Confiquration – Systems for tracking and recording employee attendance using biometric data such as fingerprints. 

Transactions

  1. BioMetric Data Download – The module might have a feature that allows authorized personnel to download the attendance data.
  2. BioMetric Data Validation – The downloaded data should be validated to ensure its accuracy.
  3. Attendance Manual Entry – Authorized users to manually input attendance data when the standard automated methods are applicable. 
  4. Attendance Transfer – Attendance transfer might refer to the process of moving attendance records from one system or location to another.

Reports

  1. Attendance Summary & Details – This summary helps admin, manager, Partners, Officers, Assistant, Students quickly assess attendance trends and identify any irregularities.
  2. Daily Report – Keep track of their daily activities, tasks, and appointments.
  3. Leave Register – Different types of leaves such as earned leave, medical leave, maternity leave, long leave, Study leave applicable to your region or organization.
  4. Duty Time Report – Employees log in and log out their duty times using a designated system, which could be a biometric device.
  5. Students Report – This report might provide an overview of a student’s attendance history.

Attestation

Module

Attestation module in software generally refers to a component or feature that provides assurance about the accuracy, security, or compliance of the software.

  • Select Year – The selection of the attestation year depends on the context and the type of document or certificate being attested
  • Sequence Creation – The process of creating a series of steps or actions that need to be followed in a particular order.
  • Select Concern – The term “Select concern” may suggest choosing or specifying a particular business entity or organization within this module.

Transactions

  1. Attestation – 
  2. ICAI Records – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory body that regulates the profession of chartered accountancy in India.
  3. Link Certificates – Digital certificate issued by a CA to attest to the future validity or authenticity of a piece of software.

Bank Loan

Module

Bank Loan Module is a software component designed to assist chartered accountants in managing and handling various aspects of bank loans on behalf of their clients.

  • Bank Master – This menu that stores comprehensive information about different banks. 
  • Client Bank Loan Info – This menu streamlines the process of creating and managing bank loans for clients through an efficient and organized system.

Transactions

  1. Bank Loan – Managing and tracking bank loans for their clients.
  2. Document Attach – The “Document Attach” feature, which focuses on managing and attaching documents relevant to the bank loan process.

Reports

  1. Due Date Report – It organizes and categorizes the loans based on their due dates, helping accountants to have a clear overview of upcoming payments.
  2. Client Wise Report – It compiles detailed information about a particular client’s bank loan(s) in an organized and easily understandable format. 
  3. Bank wise Report – The “Bank Wise Report” feature generates a summarized and detailed report that provides insights into the loans associated with each bank.

Billing

Module

A billing module in Power CA software helps streamline the process of generating invoices, tracking payments, and managing client billing information.

  • Sequence Creations – This sequence typically involves generating and sending invoices to clients for the services provided.
  • Billing Concern – 
  • Currency Master – Manage different currencies that they might deal with when invoicing clients or managing financial transactions.
  • Claimable Expenses – Claimable expenses refer to costs incurred by a business or individual that can be reimbursed or claimed back as part of their financial transactions.

Transactions

  1. Service Bill – 
  2. Receipt – The software may generate a receipt. This receipt can be sent to the client as confirmation of the payment.
  3. Credit Note – The credit note typically includes details such as the client’s name, date of issue, reason for the credit, the amount being credited, and a reference to the original invoice.
  4. Debit Note – A debit note is a financial document used to notify a client of a debit entry made to their account.

Reports

  1. Ledger – A Ledger Report is a detailed summary of financial transactions related to a specific client or account.
  2. Trial Balance – A Trial Balance report is to verify the equality of credits and debits in a company’s accounting records.
  3. Bill Followup Register – keep track of outstanding bills, monitor payment deadlines, and facilitate effective follow-up on unpaid invoices.

Client Profile

Module

A "Client Profile Module" likely refers to a component that stores and manages information about the accountant's clients. This module helps the chartered accountant organize, access, and maintain crucial details about each client they serve.

  • Client Document Type –  Managing different types of documents associated with clients. Like a PAN Card, RC, PSDEED, MOA, etc…
  • Grading Scale – A grading scale that assigns different grades or levels to clients.
  • Registration Master – 
  • UMO – 
  • KYC Master – KYC is a process that helps financial institutions and professionals verify the identity of their clients and assess potential risks associated with them.

Transactions

  1. Business Client – A profiles of business entities or companies for which the chartered accountant provides financial and accounting services. 
  2. Individual Client – Manage and organize information related to their individual clients.
  3. Annual Grading – Grading clients based on their financial performance, behavior, and other relevant factors over the course of a year.
  4. KYC Data – KYC data consists of essential information about clients that helps verify their identity and assess potential risks.
  5. Statutory Registration – Managing various legal and regulatory registrations that a client’s business or organization needs to comply with.

Reports

  1. Client Register –Providing an overview of the clients registered with the firm.
  2. Promoters – A significant role in founding or establishing a business or organization.
  3. Client Label Report – That provide information about clients, often organized by specific labels or categories.
  4. KYC Report – Ensuring compliance, risk assessment, and maintaining accurate client information.
  5. Statutory Register Report – The statutory registers maintained for a specific client.
  6. Client Request Document Report – A specific feature that could be used to generate a report detailing client requests for documents.

Costing

Module

Costing modules are typically part of accounting software suites and are used by accountants and financial professionals to calculate and manage the costs associated with software development and maintenance projects.

  • Cost category – A cost category could be a predefined classification that helps in tracking and analyzing different types of costs incurred by a company.
  • Job cost –  Job cost designed to help accountants and businesses track the costs associated with specific jobs.
  • Standard Hrs – Standard hours refer to the amount of time that should be taken to complete a particular job under normal conditions.
  • Sequence Creation – 

Transactions

  1. Cost Estimate – These tools often help in calculating and forecasting costs associated with various projects, services.
  2. Actual Cost – The software that helps businesses track and manage their actual costs incurred during various projects, processes, or activities.

Reports

  1. Category Report – A “work category report” could refer to a overview that outlines the costs associated with various work categories within a project.
  2. Job Cost Report – A “Job Cost Report” is a financial document that provides a detailed breakdown of costs associated with a specific project.

CRM

Module

A CRM module can help streamline client interactions, manage relationships, and improve overall business efficiency.

  • Sequence Creations – Create a feature that lets users define sequences of actions or communications.
  • Contact – Storing and organizing client contact details.
  • Email Configuration – 

Transactions

  1. Client Mail Mapping – Manage their clients Mail ID’s.
  2. Appointment – The menu should allow you to easily schedule appointments with clients.
  3. Client Mail group – Separate groups for individual clients, small businesses, and corporate clients.
  4. Mail Send – You send an email, you’ll add recipients to the To: field.

Reports

  1. Appointment – This report would offer insights into the upcoming and past appointments for the CA firm.
  2. CRM Client Info – This might include basic Visitor, Call In, Mail In and any other relevant details.

Digital Signature

Module

Digital signatures are a crucial component in modern accounting software to ensure the integrity and authenticity of electronic documents.

  • Sequence Creations – The sequence of digital signatures or the order in which they are applied to a document, it could be a valuable tool for maintaining a clear audit trail and demonstrating the approval process.

Transactions

  1. Fresh DSC – 
  2. DSC Receipt – This may involve uploading the DSC file, providing necessary details, and verifying the certificate’s authenticity.
  3. DSC Return – If a digital signature needs to be returned due to issues like expiry, revocation.
  4. DSC Renewal – The software can send timely notifications to chartered accountants regarding impending DSC expirations and provide a simple way to renew the certificate. 
  5. DSC Removal – The software can facilitate the removal of the certificate from the system.
  6. DSC Usage – The software module would integrate DSC usage into various workflows.

Reports

  1. Inward Register – Inward register for tracking incoming documents or correspondence. 
  2. Attestation Report – Digitally signed attestation reports to ensure the authenticity and integrity of their work.
  3. DSC Stock list – This list could include details about the owner of the DSC, the expiration date, usage history.

Employee Profile

Module

Our Employee Profile Module helps collect and store information about your employees.

This module typically contains the following information:

  • Select Year – The employee profile module that allows users to specify or view information related to a specific year.
  • Select Concern – Select concern is a feature that allows users to choose or switch between various Chartered Accountancy concerns.
  • Employee Grade Scale – The Grade scale refers to the levels or categories within the grading system. 

Transactions

  1. Employee Information – Basic personal details such as full name, date of birth, gender, and contact information. Address details, emergency contact information, and marital status also be included.
  2. Employee Inactive – The employee inactive field is set to either “active” or “inactive.” Include a date field that indicates when the employee’s status changed to inactive.
  3. Employee Label Template – This template includes basic employee information such as ID, name, department, Address,  concern name, concern address details.
  4. Employee Annual Grading – Annual grading system involves capturing and managing various aspects of an employee’s performance throughout the year.

Reports

  1. Employee Details – Like Basic info, Job Info, Education info etc.
  2. Employees Label Report – This task is used to print employee names and addresses onto pre-cut label sheets.

File Management

Module

A file management system is used for file management operations. It is is a type of software that manages data files in a computer system.

  • Permanent File Folder – A permanent file is a set of records that serves as an ongoing reference for an organization’s external auditors.
  • Library Folder – Libraries are user-defined collections of folders.
  • Employee Folder – A folder of documents about an employee’s work history with your company.
  • Job Folder – Allow you to organise your job tasks, milestones, costs, notes or documents into logical groups for costing, reporting and management purposes.
  • Letter Folder – 
  • Mail Folder – A mail folder in a user’s mailbox, such as Inbox and Drafts.
  • Attestation folder – This could include files containing attestation certificates, audit logs, compliance reports, or other relevant information related to verifying the security and integrity of systems or components.

Bank Loan Folder – Typically refers to a physical or digital folder used by banks and financial institutions to organize and store documents related to loan applications, approvals, and disbursements.

Financial Statement

Module

A financial statement module in PowerCA software is a component that assists professionals in preparing, managing, and analyzing financial statements for individuals, businesses, or organizations.

  • Client Selection –The process of selecting financial statement clients and creating year-end financial statements is critical to providing accurate and dependable financial information.
  • Tally Import –  The import process usually starts with selecting the source of the data. This could be an Excel spreadsheet, CSV file, or any other supported data format.
  • Excel Import – 

Transactions

  1. Closing stock – The closing stock, also known as ending inventory, is a key component in a company’s financial statements, specifically in the context of the income statement and the balance sheet. 
  2. Appropriation – The profit appropriation portion of a financial statement is an important element that details how the company intends to allocate or disperse its earnings among its stakeholders.
  3. Journal Entry –  Journal entries are the basic building blocks of accounting transactions and help maintain accurate and complete financial records.

Reports

  1. Balance Sheet –A balance sheet is one of the three primary financial statements used by companies and organizations to provide a snapshot of their financial position at a specific point in time.
  2. P&L Report –A financial statement that commonly represents the financial performance of a business over a specific period is known as the Profit and Loss Report.
  3. Trial Balance – The trial balance is a list of all the general ledger accounts (both revenue and capital) contained in the ledger of a business.

Jobcard

Module

Jobcard to manage their work efficiently, including job tracking and task management, a software module designed specifically for CA job cards can be quite beneficial.

  • Job Master –The job Master would help in creating and tracking various tasks and activities related to client work.
  • Sequence Creation – The “Sequence Creation” aspect likely refers to generating unique identifiers or numbers for each job card in a sequential order.
  • Tariff Code – Tariff codes such as HSN and SAC, these codes are used to classify goods and services for taxation and regulatory purposes.
  • Task Master – The task master should include all relevant information about the task, such as required documents, client preferences, and specific instructions.

Transactions

  1. Job Plan – This menu can help in planning, tracking, and managing the tasks associated with different jobs. 
  2. Jobcard – The accountant should be able to create new jobs for clients.
  3. Audit Team – 
  4. Weekly Plan – Team efficiently allocate tasks, projects, and assignments to chartered accountants on a weekly basis.
  5. Service Request – A service request could refer to a client or internal request for specific financial or accounting services.

Reports

  1. Job Register – 
  2. Daily Work Status – This is where you update the status of tasks on a daily basis.
  3. Staff Time Log – It allows staff members to record the amount of time they spend on different tasks or activities related to a specific job card.
  4. Client Job – A “Client Jobs Report” feature can provide a consolidated overview of the ongoing and completed jobs for all clients.

Library Management

Module

A library management module for chartered accountants software would serve to organize and manage various resources, documents, and tools essential for accounting professionals.

The module would feature a robust search engine allowing users to quickly locate resources and documents based on various criteria such as title, author, keywords, category, and publication date.

Transactions

  1. Article Search – To search for and retrieve articles, research papers, publications, and other types of written content within the library’s collection.

Query

  1. Income Tax Tool – This component used to assist in computing and managing income tax obligations.

Payroll

Module

The Payroll module of a Power CA software typically deals with employee compensation, salary processing, tax deductions, and related financial transactions.

  • Department – A departments might have employees with varying compensation structures, roles, and responsibilities.
  • Schedule Master – A “schedule master” typically refers to a component or feature that allows the management of various pay schedules for employees.
  • Employee Information – The data and details about individual employees within an organization.
  • Salary Components – The various elements that contribute to an employee’s earnings, while “deductions” are the amounts subtracted from an employee’s gross pay.
  • Employee LIC – An employee’s Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) policy information.
  • Bank Remittance – The process of transferring funds from the company’s bank account to individual employee bank account.
  • Employer Information – Employs the individuals for whom payroll is processed.

Transactions

  1. Salary Edit –  Make changes or adjustments to an employee’s salary information.
  2. Leave Reimbursement – The compensating employees for unused leave days or vacation days.
  3. Employment Tax and Process – Managing employment tax and the payroll process.
  4. Salary Processing – the activities involved in calculating and disbursing employee salaries accurately and on time.

Reports

  1. Pay Slip – Earnings, deductions, and net pay for a specific pay period.
  2. Salary Register – The salaries and compensation paid to employees within a specified period.
  3. Loan Detail – Report typically provides information about loans taken by employees.
  4. LIC Statement – The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) for employees.
  5. PF Statement – The Employees’ Provident Fund (PF) Statement.
  6. ESI Statement – The Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) scheme.

Records

Module

A records module typically focus on helping professionals efficiently manage financial data, documents, and transactions.

  • Record Master – 
  • Sequence Creations – This helps in organizing, identifying, and retrieving records efficiently.

Transactions

  1. Record Inward – This aspect focuses on managing documents and information that are received by the chartered accountant’s office.
  2. Record Outward – This aspect deals with managing documents that are sent out from the chartered accountant’s office.
  3. Add Record – Input and store new financial records, documents, and data related to their clients’ businesses.
  4. Missing Record – This process track, manage, and resolve missing financial and accounting records for clients.
  5. Open Stock XL Import – This feature likely allows you to import stock-related data from Excel files into the records management system.

Reports

  1. Unmapped record report – A records that have not been properly categorized, tagged, or assigned to specific accounts or categories.
  2. Stock Register – A stock register is a crucial part of this process, as it helps keep track of a company’s inventory and stock-related transactions.

User Management

Module

This module provides an exhaustive facility from mapping employee to the software user.

This module typically contains the following information:

  • User Type- selecting the appropriate user type is important for providing the user with the right level of access and functionality within the system.
  • Module Permission –A specific modules within a Power CA software they are allowed to access and use.
  • Menu Permission – A  Power CA Software involves determining which menu items within a software application they are allowed to access and interact with.

The software is built in such a way that every data record is marked with creator and modifier mapped to the physical user.

Access can be restricted module wise, menu wise, year wise, concern wise and location wise.

Transactions

  1. Employee Creation – This form facilitates the creation of a new employment record for new employees. This record includes information such as Employee No., Grade, Job Title, Reporting to, etc..
  2. User Login Management – to manage the details of Groups, Permission and Authrozation, Password, Email,Username.
  3. User Rights – 

Reports

  1. Menu List User – allows users to navigate between admin-defined lists and lists customized by the user.