Novota blog
- FLR-3A Format: How to Fill the Brand-wise Register, Column by Column — The FLR-3A register for Maharashtra bars explained: header, sections, pack-size columns and bottles.pegs figures, with a worked example and a free Excel format.
- FLR-4 Format: How to Fill the Monthly Return of Foreign Liquor — Form F.L.R. 4 explained for Maharashtra bars: the liquor classes, the five rows, how to roll FLR-3A brands into class totals, and a free Excel format.
- Gratuity Calculation in India: Formula, Eligibility and Worked Examples — How to calculate gratuity under the Code on Social Security: the 15/26 formula, who is eligible, the ₹20 lakh cap, fixed-term staff and four worked examples.
- GST Purchase Invoice Checklist: What to Check Before You Enter a Bill in Tally — The fields a valid GST tax invoice must carry, the checks that protect your input tax credit, and the mistakes to catch before a supplier bill reaches Tally.
- Peg Cost and Pour Cost: How to Price a Drink and Know Your Liquor Margin — How to work out the cost of one peg, your pour cost percentage and the margin on every brand, and why short pours and free pours hide inside the numbers.
- Bar Excise Compliance in Maharashtra: FLR-3A, FLR-4 and the Registers Behind Them — A practical guide for Maharashtra FL-III bars: transport passes, open-bottle stock, the FLR-3A daily account and the FLR-4 monthly return, kept reconciled.
- Bar Stock Variance: How to Count Every ml and Find Where the Liquor Goes — Why a bar's stock never matches its books, how to work out the system count, three accurate ways to count an open bottle, and how to read the variance report.
- Field Sales Attendance in the City: Verify Every Client Visit and Pay Travel by the Kilometre — How to track sales associates who move around the city: proof of each client visit, fair GPS attendance, conveyance per km and payroll, without surveillance.
- HR and Payroll for Indian Businesses: A Practical Guide for 2026 — How the monthly payroll cycle works for a restaurant, shop or small office in India: attendance, shifts, CTC vs net pay, PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS.
- Tasks and Team Chat Inside Your HR App: How Novota Replaces the Work WhatsApp Group — How Novota HR's Team Messenger and Tasks work: a company group, announcements people acknowledge, and tasks with steps, photo proof, approval and daily repeats.
- PF Wage Ceiling Is Now ₹25,000: What Employers Must Change — The EPF wage ceiling rose from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 on 17 September 2026. Who is newly covered, how EPS and EDLI change, and what to fix in payroll.
- Purchase Invoice Entry in Tally Prime: From Paper Pile to Posted Voucher — What a correct Tally Prime purchase voucher needs, the GST mistakes that cost you input credit, and how a photo of a supplier bill becomes a posted voucher.
- Restaurant ERP in India: Connecting Bills, Stock, Recipes, Sales and Accounts — What a restaurant ERP does that your POS doesn't, how to work out the true cost of every plate, and how supplier bills, stock, recipes and accounts connect.