POS and ERP software for Assam: tea, oil and trade

Doing business across Assam

Assam is several business regions at once. Guwahati and Amingaon distribute for the whole North-East, the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia belt lives on tea and oil, Silchar serves the Barak Valley, and Bongaigaon and Numaligarh are refinery towns. A company with depots in three of these places must keep three sets of stock and customers in one picture.

Firms register for GST with returns handled by the Commissionerate of Taxes, Assam. Factories deal with the Industries and Commerce Department and estates of the Assam Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, while produce moves through markets of the Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board. Skyline Nexus ERP treats each depot as a location with its own numbering and stock.

Modules Assam businesses start with

• Accounting and branches
• Multi-branch POS
• Inventory and warehouses
• CRM
• Projects and job costing
• Manufacturing (MES)

Tea gardens, bought leaf and auction lots

Tea shapes Upper Assam and the Barak Valley. A garden buys fertiliser, packing and spares, takes in bought leaf from small growers, makes tea in its own factory and sells through the auction or private contracts. Owners in Assam want to know what a kilogram really cost at each garden, not only company-wide.

Skyline Nexus ERP can hold each garden and its factory as a separate location with its own stock. Purchases of leaf and inputs post to the ledger once auto-posting is switched on, manufacturing work orders and bills of materials record what went into a batch, and cost centres with budgets versus actual show which garden is over plan. FIFO or LIFO costing drives the cost of goods sold.

Oil-field suppliers and refinery-town contractors

Around Duliajan, Digboi and Numaligarh, many small firms supply the oil and refining companies with fittings, safety gear, vehicle hire, catering and maintenance crews. Work comes as purchase orders with milestones, and margins in Assam depend on tracking material issued to each job and chasing payments that arrive weeks after the bill.

For these contractors Skyline Nexus ERP offers projects with tasks, milestones and budgets, purchases that post journals automatically, and receivables ageing. CMMS maintenance and asset management record work orders and equipment for firms that service plant, while cost centres per contract and the Audit Pack, one Excel workbook of statements and ledgers, help at year end.

From POS to balance sheet for an Assam distributor

Picture a distributor with a godown in Guwahati and a branch in Dibrugarh. Typical billing apps print GST bills and count stock, but the books often sit in an accountant's package or a spreadsheet, so the trial balance is rebuilt at year end. Ledger-only apps record who owes what, not stock. Separate accounting packages keep strong books, but counter sales are re-keyed.

Skyline Nexus ERP takes a different route. Once an administrator turns on Auto-post Sales Transactions, every final POS sale in Assam posts a balanced journal for sales, output tax, cost of goods and inventory, and purchases, payments and expenses post the same way. Trial balance, profit and loss and balance sheet stay current and filter by branch. Other tools are ahead today on GST filing features, covered next.

GST for an Assam business

Every GSTIN registered in Assam begins with State code 18. A sale within Assam carries CGST plus SGST at half the rate each, while a sale to Meghalaya, West Bengal or any other State carries IGST at the full rate. Registration is due above INR 20 lakh aggregate turnover, and Assam lets suppliers of goods only use the INR 40 lakh threshold, except ice cream, pan masala and tobacco.

In Skyline Nexus ERP you set up GST rates as tax groups, for example CGST 9% + SGST 9% or IGST 18%, pick the intra-State or inter-State group yourself, and can print an HSN column from the category code. Suppliers above INR 5 crore aggregate turnover need an IRN from the IRP for B2B invoices, which Skyline Nexus ERP does not do yet, and e-way bills, GSTR returns and place-of-supply switching are not live yet.

Getting started from Assam

India onboarding is by the waitlist on this page and a demo: Join the waitlist, Book a demo or Ask on WhatsApp. An Assam business should first gather products with opening stock per branch for CSV import, customers and suppliers with GSTIN and opening balances, a chart of accounts, and its list of locations.

Skyline Nexus ERP is set up with a financial year starting in April, INR, dd-mm-yyyy dates and amounts in words in lakh and crore. Support is by WhatsApp, phone and e-mail; there is no office in India. Firms in Assam with several branches or a factory should book a demo before importing data.

1. List every branch, garden, godown or shop in Assam that needs its own stock and numbering.
2. Export products and opening stock per location into the CSV import template.
3. Collect customer and supplier GSTINs and opening balances.
4. Join the waitlist and book a demo to agree tax groups and costing method.

Questions from Assam businesses

Which State code does an Assam GSTIN start with?

An Assam GSTIN starts with State code 18. Skyline Nexus ERP stores the GSTIN on each customer and supplier, so staff can see whether a buyer is inside Assam, where CGST plus SGST applies, or in another State, where IGST applies. The user picks the tax group; it is not switched automatically.

Can an Assam goods trader use the INR 40 lakh GST threshold?

Yes. Assam lets suppliers of goods only register once aggregate turnover passes INR 40 lakh instead of INR 20 lakh, except ice cream, pan masala and tobacco. A business that also supplies services uses the general threshold. Skyline Nexus ERP works before or after registration.

Can Skyline Nexus ERP issue IRNs for Assam suppliers?

No, not yet. Suppliers in Assam above INR 5 crore aggregate turnover must report B2B invoices to an IRP and receive an IRN, and Skyline Nexus ERP has no IRP connection today. E-way bills and GSTR returns are not available yet either; India onboarding is by waitlist and demo.

Can a tea estate in Assam track costs per garden?

Yes. A tea company in Assam can set up each garden and factory as a location in Skyline Nexus ERP, with stock per location and cost centres with budgets versus actual. Leaf purchases post journals once auto-posting is on, and work orders with bills of materials record each batch.

Does Skyline Nexus ERP suit an oil-field contractor in Upper Assam?

Skyline Nexus ERP suits contractors around Duliajan and Digboi who need projects with milestones and budgets, purchases posted to the ledger, receivables ageing and maintenance work orders. Indian payroll is not available, so salaries are handled outside and posted as expenses.

How is Skyline Nexus ERP different from a billing app for an Assam shop?

Many billing apps print GST bills and track stock, while the books are often kept elsewhere and rebuilt at year end. Skyline Nexus ERP posts each final POS sale to a balanced journal once auto-posting is on, so an Assam shop sees current statements per branch. Billing apps may be ahead on GST filing tools today.

Is Skyline Nexus ERP available in Hindi and INR?

Skyline Nexus ERP has an English interface, and a Hindi interface translation is available. Invoices and ledgers are kept in INR, dates can show as dd-mm-yyyy, and amounts print in words using lakh and crore, which suits customers and accountants across Assam.

Skyline Nexus ERP is a cloud service run by Skyline Industrial Solution. We have no office in Assam; support is by WhatsApp, phone and e-mail.

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