Implementation of error record of refund banker scheme - Income Tax - 32

OLTAS INSTRUCTION NO. 33, dated 16-12-2008 [F. No. SW/07/01/05/02/DIT(S)] Implementation of error record of refund banker scheme - regarding- OLTAS INSTRUCTION NO. 32, Dated: 07.10.2008 As you are aware that at present the scheme of refund banker is implemented in all charges (except Corporate Exemption) charge of Delhi, Patna, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore. 2. In this process the refunds are issued to assessees either by ECS or by Paper Refund mode. Assessing officer are authorizing the refunds records to be sent to CMP, SBI, Mumbai. After processing the records CMP, SBI uploads the final status of refunds as PAID or UNPAID. 3. It has been observed that in some cases of ECS, the SBI has uploaded the refund status as PAID in the first instance. But after some times due to some reasons like wrong account number, micr codes, closure of the account by the assessee etc. these cases are returned as UNPAID. 4. Initially, the refund banker system has been designed keeping in view that the final status of the refunds will not get changed. But due to the problems mentioned at para 3, the final status gets changed. As a result of this the AOs are viewing the refunds as PAID which are sent in first instance. If the status of this is changed to UNPAID at bank, the Income-tax department was not able to take this status due to software constraints. 5. In order to remove this software constraint, the OLTAS module has been enhanced. Now the system can update the status second time also in case of PAID ECS case, so that AO can always get the correct status. Now, SBI will upload error record for such types of cases 6. It is requested that suitable instruction may be issued to the concerned officials to carry out the steps mentioned below : (i) Take two sets of full backup. Make sure that no user is working at the time of execution of the instruction and no scheduler should be running at that moment. (ii) Download and execute the patch (OLTS1R41.FMX) from 128.91.16.155 m/c (directory /home/oth/exe/oltas_inst_32, user/password : oth/tin#oth). (iii) Copy the other executables in the file server where other executables have been stored. Files with same name should be renamed/backed up. 7. Feed back may please be given latest by 25.10.08, whether the OLTAS Instruction No. 32 has been implemented or not. This Instruction has to be implemented by all computer centre except the centres which are already migrated on 3 tier application. Yours faithfully, (Ravi Agrawal) Director of Income Tax (Systems)-II Tel : 011 23593521 Fax : 011 23671612 Email [email protected]