Module 0

Foundations and workspace setup

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What is EDPMS?

IDPMS & Bill of Entry

FIRA vs eBRC

Export Compliance in India, End to End

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0.1 What FxLayer is

A FEMA compliance platform with one record per Shipping Bill, Bill of Entry and remittance, from invoice to closure in EDPMS and IDPMS.

0.2 Who does what

FxLayer prepares records, letters and worksheets. Filing and decisions rest with the business, its CA and its AD bank. The AD bank closes EDPMS and IDPMS entries.

0.3 Three things people mix up

FIRA/e-FIRA means money arrived. The EDPMS entry closes only when the AD bank links the receipt to the Shipping Bill. eBRC is issued via DGFT.

0.4 The modules

Export, Import, Services and Merchanting, plus FX board, Workbench (add-on), statutory reports and registers, Document Studio and the partner console.

0.5 Workspace setup

Company profile, AD banks, parties, letterhead.

0.6 Documents come from the record

Required fields are checked before printing. Letters go on your letterhead. RBI forms keep the RBI layout and carry no letterhead.

0.7 New names

Form 15CA/15CB are now Form 145/146. Form A1 is now the import remittance application.

0.8 Purpose codes used in this course

S0101, S0102, S0108, P0108 and S1006. See /purpose-codes and the purpose code finder.

0.9 Course rules

Fictitious data only; task code in all evidence.

General information. Confirm with your AD bank or CA.

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The training sandbox uses sample records. Nothing you do there reaches a bank, DGFT, ICEGATE or any outside system.

  1. Open your Academy sandbox from the Academy hub.
  2. Complete the company profile with fictitious details.
  3. Add at least one AD bank.
  4. Add two parties: one overseas buyer and one overseas supplier, with the task code in each name.
  5. Set up the letterhead.
  6. Try the export deadline calculator and the purpose code finder on the site.

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