Implement BCRS

In Company Master, if the COUNTRY = SINGAPORE, there is a new setting called Need BCRS Compliance, as shown. Default Value = False.

If installed country IS NOT Singapore, to hide this yellow highlighted section.

If Need BCRS Compliance = TRUE, then pop-up a field for selection called Select BCRS Product Item and let the user select item to bill for BCRS Deposit. Note: Item is created under Para 1D below.

The Sales Account in Account Posting Settings must be set to “By Product Account Group” or “By Customer-Product Account Group” only. This setting is mandatory.

In this group, set the following:

Type: Service Group

SALES A/C                à Map to BCRS Deposit A/c (Current Liability type)

SALES RETURN A/C   à Map to BCRS Deposit A/c (Current Liability type)

PURCHASE A/C         à Map to Purchase Accrual A/c (Current Liability type)

PURCHASE RTN A/C  à Map to Purchase Accrual A/c (Current Liability type)

STOCK A/C                à Map to BCRS Deposit A/c (Current Liability type)

This will take care of all transaction postings related to the BCRS Deposits

When billing any customer for BCRS Deposit, create the system needs a Service item called BCRS Deposit. Create this item as follow in Product & Service Maintenance:

• BCRS-DEP-010  BCRS DEPOSIT 
• For UOM, you may select (or create one) one called LOT
• Go to Finance Info section, and map this item to Product Account Group = BCRS-DEP
• Default Tax as NA_NR

Based on this Product Account Group setting, whenever an amount is collected under BCRS Deposit, the double entries are:

                                                            DR                   CR       

                   Trade Debtor A/c      100.00

                   BCRS Deposit A/c                         100.00

Under the NEA requirements, any beverage product with containers that needs to recycle would be liable for a BCRS Deposit. 

For example, an item called COCA-COLA may be subjected to a BCRS-Deposit of $0.10 while another called XYX BEER CAN may be subjected to a BCRS-Deposit of $0.20. 

Example: COCA-COLA

Open up this item in the Product & Service Maintenance:

In the Selling Price tab, 

• If Country Installed = Singapore, you may see the BCRS Compliance section (below)
• If Country IS NOT Singapore, the BCRS Compliance section is hidden.
• This section is not mandatory – only for products that require BCRS compliance
• Enter the BCRS Deposit Each field with the deposit amount à in this case $0.10 

<Add below BCRS Compliance>

BCRS Producer Fee:

Alumimium/Metal    [ S$0.031 ]

Plastic                   [ S$0.037 ]

Mixed                    [ S$0.068 ]

Important Condition & Remark

• Each product can only check one option.
• Mixed mean contains of 1 Aluminium and 1 Plastic.
• Cost is based on per unit basis, i.e.: Unit/Bottle/Can
• Producer Fee doesn’t require to present in any transaction.
• Producer Fee is only need to present in report.

In the Attribute Tab, go to Optional – Size, user must select SIZE for the item, as it is required for printing out in some invoices to match SIZE to BCRS Deposit rate.

For every product ordered, there are 2 important fields to consider:

STOCK UOM – this should always be the smallest unit where the unit BCRS deposit is applied. For example, if each plastic BOTTLE is charged a deposit of $0.10, then the Stock-UOM should be in BOTTLES. 

SALES UOM – this are usually in CARTONs, as it is not likely someone selling beverages to a supermarket sell in loose quantities. Some cartons will have 6 bottles, some 24 bottles.

CONVERSION FACTOR - since a company can buy products using CARTIN or BOTTLES, the Conversion Factor must be entered. For example, the beverage could be purchased in CARTON of 24 BOTTLES, then the Conversion of 1 CARTON = 24 BOTTLES must be entered here:

The information of the products in the main screen is seen here with the calculations done accordingly.

• QTY is converted to Stock UOM (although the sales is for 10 CARTONS) of 240 BOTTLES
• Deposit Amount is $0.10 / $0.20 / $0.30 as picked from the Product Master
• In this example, BCRS tab now have a BCRS Deposit of $144

BUTTON:  ADD TO INVOICE

Using ‘Add to Invoice’ button: BSCR deposit will be adding to the invoice total. For example in this invoice, the items total $800 – and with the BCRS Deposit, the invoice total is now:

      Items 1, 2 and 3        = $  800.00

      GST on 1,2 and 3 @9%)   = $    72.00

      BCRS Deposit (No GST)   = $   144.00

                        TOTAL = $1,016.00

When added to invoice, the system picks up the BCRS-DEPOSIT product defined in Para (1A) 

The double entries when the invoice is posted will show:

                              DR          CR    

Sales A/c                           800.00

Trade Debtor A/c        1016.00

GST Output Tax A/c                   72.00

BCRS Deposit A/c                    144.00

INVOICE LAYOUTS

For simplicity, we will format only 2 options of invoice format for BCRS. 

Layout 1 is our system default format which is already there. Layout-2 is the format prescribed by COLD STORAGE to all their vendors and this is likely the one most of our distribution customers will use. 

Layout 1

Note    : SIZE comes from Product Master à Attribute Tab à Optional à SIZE field

              ORDER PACK is Sales UOM Qty (usually in cartons)

              QTY is Stock UOM Qty (usually in BOTTLES or CANS)

In this format the BCRS is treated as a line item which is posted to a Deposit (Liability Account)

Layout 2 (Cold Storage)

BCRS Producer Fee Report

Reporting Period: Apr 2026

Company Name: ABC Beverages Pte Ltd

UEN: 20XXXXXXXA

Prepared Date: 05 May 2026

*Count based on material placed in the market, not “Product Based”.

company sales and return records.

Name:

Designation:

Date: