TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY ELECTRONIC FILING OF VAT RETURN INSTALLATION GUIDE Author: Revised: Date: Pre condition: 1.

The machine to be loaded must be connected to internet, should be loaded with Windows XP, Latest antivirus 2. Hint: You must be an administrator of the client machine in order to do this installation. Step 1 Get CD or Flash with software (size 75 MB). Create the folder VAT in the folder Program files on local machine; C:\Program Files\VAT Copy from the flash all objects and paste in that folder VAT (from CD or flash) Step 2 Run Setup 1 (Run time installer ) PBruntime100.msi Customize to send all object to the folder C:\ Program Files \VAT Step 3 Run Setup 2 (will load the JDK application jdk-1_5_0_07-windows-i586-p.exe ) The application will load java objects to the folder C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07 Step 4 CLASSPATH Create a variable in Advanced tab page of the Systems Properties of My Computer, called ClassPath. Make the Variable values pointing to the folder where it will be running (start with a dot) .;C:\Program Files\VAT\jce.jar;C:\ Program Files \VAT\bcprov-jdk14-133.jar;C:\ Program Files\VAT\pbcrypto-1_0.jar;C:\ Program Files\VAT\pbejbclient100.jar N. Nyonyo S. Danner June 18, 2007

Step 5 JAVA_HOME Create another variable in Advanced tab page of the Systems Properties of My Computer, called JAVA_HOME. Set values to C:\ Program Files\VAT\pbejbclient100.jar

Step 6 PATH Edit the Path. Add at end; C:\Program Files\VAT Step 7 SHORTCUT TO THE DESKTOP 2

Create shortcut to the desktop for the application. Rename the travat.exe executable to VAT return.

Now you are ready to run the application. Double click =============================================================== Case 1 When user wants to key-in all records, then can enter VAT201 return followed by the VAT201A and the last tab page provide for receipt, invoice and cash sale information. Case 2 When users have the system that compile the information then user can save that file in tab delimited, or xml format. The file should contain the following specifications number(4) year number(2) month number(9) declarator_tin char(9) declarator_vrn char(80) supplier_name char(9) supplier_vrn char(15) invoice_number date (dd-mm-yyyy) date_of_invoice char(60) goods_description number amount_exclusive number amount_vat 3

Then the file can be loaded into the system by accessing: Import submenu of the Edit menu of the application. Before importing: The parameter must be set to correct values. Year, month TIN and VRN of the trader.

Can locate the folder were data is stored:

When this is done, user can send it to TRA by selecting the Send Return to TRA submenu of the System menu

When send is completed no data can be changed.