Monthly Archive:: June 2012
20 Jun 2012
MC Elections in your Secret Ballot
Dear ADDA Admins, We have added new functionality to your Online Secret Ballot to support 2 types of Elections - Executive Commitee Election and Management Committee Election. Executive Committee Election This was the existing functionality. Create the Executive Committee Designations -President / Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer etc. For each post, the Election Officer can list down
16 Jun 2012
Is your Housing Society Taxable?
Post Budget 2012, the eligibility of a Society for Service Tax collection and remittance can be calculated as below: Step1: Total all collections of last year, subtract collections that went towards payments to local authorities (e.g., payments to Municipality) = Rs.A Step 2: Find the number of Members in your Society (If one Owner has
14 Jun 2012
Service Tax for Housing Societies – impact of Budget 2012
There have been Drastic Changes in the Service Tax law as applicable to Apartment Owners Associations or Cooperative Housing Societies, as presented in Budget 2012. These changes are applicable from 01-July-2012. We compile below all the changes. A circular with clear details from the Service Tax Department is still awaited. Below have been compiled with
14 Jun 2012
Applying July-2012 Service Tax changes in your ADDA
If you are performing your Society Billing on ApartmentADDA, below are the suggested changes for the Service Tax reforms of Budget 2012. If your Society already collects Service Tax from Members Analyze the Billing for 01-July-2012. For each Flat Member, calculate the total of the Monthly or Quarterly Recurring Invoice. Subtract the amount paid to
14 Jun 2012
Service Tax registration for Housing Societies
The Procedure for Service Tax Registration for a Housing Society or Apartment Owners’ Association is as follows. 1. Application ST-1 needs to be filled. Can be downloaded here: http://www.servicetax.gov.in/forms/st1.pdf 2. The Application is to be signed by the authorized signatory of the Society/Association – typically the President or Secretary. 3. Following documents to accompany the
09 Jun 2012
HelpDesk Ticket Notifications by Shift Timings
Dear ADDA Admins, There have been 2 enhancements to your Helpdesk Tracker. 1. Introducing Shift Timings for Level-1 Ticket Notification. This functionality is relevant for large Complexes where Maintenance staff (e.g., Plumbers, Electricians) work in shifts. When a ticket is raised, based on the time of the ticket, the ticket will get assigned to the
03 Jun 2012
Testimonial – Sobha Quartz
Samir Malik,President ,Sobha Quartz “We went live much quicker than we estimated!” We were able to go-live with ApartmentADDA very quickly, much quicker than even our original estimates.In fact, with the data being ready in the ADDA so quickly, we spent more time ensuring that the data in the system was accurate before we released
01 Jun 2012
Announcing Meeting Tracker
Dear ADDA Admins, Face to face meetings are essential to any Society – ADDA or no ADDA. But, your ADDA can now help you organize and record these meetings much better! The Meeting Tracker has been released as an enhancement to the Project Tracker. To reflect this added functionality this application has been re-named to