Schedule Monthly Sales Tax Generation
Sales tax generation only needs to be scheduled if you want to calculate and post sales tax. The process reads the charges for facilities with revenue dates within the open month and generates a charge for sales tax.
The sales tax process is named ARST. This process is a BAT file that must be scheduled sometime between the end of the day to 11:30 PM on the last day the previous month is open. The process reads the charges for facilities and generates a charge file for sales tax.
- Use the Windows NT/2000/2003 scheduler to schedule the PIMSNIGHTLYBATCH.BAT file to execute on the last day the previous month is open between the end of day and 11:30pm.
- For
example, the following command schedules the bat file on Windows
NT/2000/2003. Adjust the drive letter if necessary.
cmd.exe /c c:\pdmpims\runjobs\pimssalestax.bat
- The scheduler should initiate the BAT file with the Windows NT/2000/2003 sign-on that has all of the printers defined that the process may use, such as the printer for guarantor statements, letters, bills, and claims. The local system account does not have rights to these printers.
- The PIMSSALESTAX.BAT file establishes a network drive, sets the working directory, then issues the ARST.BAT process.
