CSV format - Mauritius Network Services

Yearly TDS return CSV Layout (Income Year 2014)
January 2015
Yearly TDS return CSV format (Year of return 2014)
- The 1st line consists of 3 columns. The 3 columns should be defined in the following order.
1.
2.
3.
Column
TDSNI
Payer Tax Account No
Payer Full Name
Max. width
5
8
50
Mandatory
Y
Y
Y
Validations
Exactly same
Numbers 0 to 9 only
Characters allowed are A to Z
a to z
- The remaining lines should contain the payee details. There must be a total of 9 columns in each line.
- The columns must be in the following order:-
1
2
Column
Payee Surname
Payee Other Names
3
NID
20
N
4.
5.
6.
Payee Address Line 1
Payee TAN
200
8
20
Y
Y
N
1
Y
7
Payee BRN
Nature of Payment
Max. width
50
50
Mandatory
Y
Y
Remarks
Not required for Payee of
Type Company
Not required for Payee of
Type Company
Mandatory if Nid missing
Applies to Companies
ONLY
Possible values for nature of
payment are
1. Royalties
2. Rent
3. Payments to
contractor/subcontractor
4. Payments to architects,
engineers, land surveyors,
project managers, property
valuers and quantity
surveyors
5. Payment to
attorneys/solicitors, barristers
and legal consultants
6. Payments to doctors and
dentists
7. Payments for procurement
of goods and services
8. Payments for board and
lodging
9. Payments to non-resident
for services rendered in
Mauritius
The one-digit code should be
used in file.
8
9
Amount paid or Credited
(Rs)
Tax Deducted and
Remitted to MRA(Rs)
16
16
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Mandatory –
Format 9999999999999999
Mandatory –
Format 9999999999999999
Value must be greater than
zero
Value must be greater than
zero
1
0 to 9
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Yearly TDS return CSV Layout (Income Year 2014)
January 2015
Note: Commas are not allowed in any data for the column. This may cause problem
during import.
System will match company id for Payer Name selected against Payer Name in file.
TAN will return a unique company ID(Payer ID) which should match with the above.
For Individual, if NID is missing, Address line 1 is mandatory.
Possible Cases when file will be not be imported :(Errors will be logged in error log file, Go to Reporting / Error Log, and select imported
file to view error messages)
1. If return for company and year selected has already been created, user will get error
message
Return already exists for Company Id 'TEST CO LTD' / '2009'
2. If 2 different NID no exist for the same TAN no, user will get error message
Two different NIDs 'NIDXYZ' and 'NIDABC' exist for same tan 'TAN00001'
3.
If 2 similar nature of payment exist for the same TAN no, user will get error
message
TAN 'TAN00001' and nature of payment '1' already exists for 'Employee ABC'
4. If 2 different TAN no exists for the same NID no, user will get error message
NID 'NID0001' already exists for tan "TAN00001'
5. Other common possible errors for file rejection are listed below
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mandatory fields missing
Invalid field value format
Invalid NID no
Invalid TAN no
Maximum length of field exceeded
More than 9 columns for detail part and more than 2 columns for header part
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