TALLY Practical Anmol
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Dwarka, Delhi-78
(December, 2023)
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DECLARATION
I, hereby declare that this project Report, entitled “Tally Prime” is an authentic work
carried out by me. It has not been submitted earlier for award of any degree or
diploma to any institute or university.
(Associate Professor)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Pranav Mishra the worthy Director of Lingaya’s
Lalita Devi Institute of Management and Sciences, for providing me an opportunity of
doing this project under his leadership.
I also take an opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to each and every person,
who directly or indirectly helped me throughout the project and without anyone of
them this project would not have been possible.
GAURI ARORA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Declaration ii
2. Acknowledgement iii
3. Table of Contents iv
9. References/ Bibliography 35
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CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION – TALLY PRIME
1.1 Introduction
Tally has always strived to make every user’s life easy by providing the best solutions
to make business owners more efficient, empowered, and happier, so they can focus
on what matters most for their business. By automating your business with Tally not
only do you have a software which understands you and simplifies your life but is a
joy to use as it absorbs all complexities and allows you to focus on running your
business better.
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1.3 Salient features of Tally Prime
Features of Tally Prime are many. Some of them are discussed below:
1. Improved User Interface: Tally Prime offers a more intuitive and user-
friendly interface, making navigation and access to features simpler for both
new and experienced users.
2. Simplified Access: The software allows for easy and quick access to various
features and reports, enabling efficient management of accounting, inventory,
banking, compliance, and other business operations.
3. Speed and Performance: Tally Prime is designed for enhanced speed and
performance, facilitating faster data entry, report generation, and overall
responsiveness, thereby improving productivity.
4. Multitasking Capabilities: Users can perform multiple tasks simultaneously,
such as generating reports while entering data or accessing other
functionalities, optimizing workflow efficiency.
5. Customizable Reports: It provides a wide range of customizable reports that
offer insights into different aspects of business operations, aiding informed
decision-making.
6. GST Compliance: Tally Prime simplifies GST compliance by assisting in
GST invoicing, returns filing, e-way bill generation, and other related
activities, ensuring businesses adhere to GST regulations.
7. Banking Features: The software enables efficient management of banking
transactions, including reconciliation, cheque printing, funds transfer, and
bank statement analysis, streamlining financial processes.
8. Inventory Management: Businesses can manage inventory effectively,
tracking stock levels, movements, batch-wise details, and enabling stock
valuation methods, optimizing inventory control.
9. Security Controls: Tally Prime offers robust security features, including user-
based access control, allowing businesses to control access to sensitive
information and ensuring data security.
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10. Remote Access and Collaboration: Users can access Tally Prime remotely,
facilitating collaboration among team members and accountants, enabling
real-time updates and data sharing.
1.4 Benefits
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Tally Prime simplifies payroll processing, making salary calculations,
managing employee-related statutory compliance, and generating payslips
more efficient.
It is scalable and can adapt to the growing needs of businesses, making it
suitable for small, medium, and large enterprises.
For businesses dealing with international transactions, Tally Prime supports
multi-currency transactions and facilitates currency exchange rate
management.
Tally Prime's benefits lie in its ability to streamline various business
processes, ensure compliance with statutory requirements, offer valuable
insights through reporting, and enhance overall efficiency and productivity
within an organization.
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customization options. Businesses with highly specialized requirements might
find that the software doesn't meet all their needs out of the box.
7. Customization Challenges: Depending on the location and the specific version of
Tally Prime, users may experience variations in the quality of customer support.
Some users have reported challenges in getting timely support or resolution of
issues.
8. Security Concerns: As with any software, there are security considerations.
Users need to ensure that they follow best practices for data security and keep the
software updated to address any security vulnerabilities that may be discovered.
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G: To go to a specific voucher type
Miscellaneous Shortcuts:
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Alt + F2: To duplicate a voucher
The first step to get started in Tally Prime is to create a company. The creation of
company in Tally involves basic information about company, books and currency
details.
Step 1: The first step to creating a company in Tally Prime is to open the software.
Once you have opened the software, you will see the gateway of Tally Prime.
Step 2: The company creation window displays on the screen as show below image
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Step 3: On company creation screen, update the following details
Directory: It is a path where the company date will be stored on system. By default,
the tally
Mailing Name: The mailing name of company will be automatically updated as per
the given name of company, however the mailing name can be changed as per the
requirements.
Statutory Compliance for: Choose the country name as India from the given list of
countries.
Contact Details
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E-Mail: Update the company e-mail id
Financial Year From: Update the financial year starting date, all Indian companies
financial year start from 1st April and ends on 31st March. Tally considers the 12
months from the date given for financial year. The financial year will be automatically
displayed on Tally system, if FY starts in middle of year, you can specify the exact
date from here.
Security Control
Tally Vault Password: By enabling Tally vault password, the company data is
secured in an encrypted form. The data is not accessible without the password, if you
lost the password that will be not recovered.
Use Security Control: Enabling securing control helps only authorized users are
allowed to enter/edit/delete the vouchers on Tally.
After updating all the required details of company, choose yes to save the entered
details.
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2.3 LEDGERS
In Tally Prime, ledgers are the individual accounts where financial transactions are
recorded. They help in organizing and tracking various types of transactions such as
expenses, incomes, assets, liabilities, etc. Here are a few key points about ledgers in
Tally Prime:
1. Types of Ledgers: There are different types of ledgers such as cash, bank,
sales, purchases, expenses, assets, liabilities, etc., which help in classifying
and organizing transactions.
2. Creation and Configuration: To create a ledger, you navigate to ‘Accounts
Info’ > ‘Ledgers’ > ‘Create’. Here, you provide details like the ledger name,
group under which it falls (like bank accounts, expenses, etc.), currency, and
other relevant information.
3. Groups in Ledgers: Ledgers are organized into different groups based on
their nature. Tally Prime provides predefined groups, and you can also create
custom groups to suit your accounting requirements.
4. Accounting Features: Tally Prime allows setting up various accounting
features for ledgers, such as maintaining bill-wise details, enabling interest
calculation, specifying GST/TDS details, and more.
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5. Modifying or Deleting Ledgers: Users can easily modify or delete ledgers as
needed. To modify a ledger, go to ‘Accounts Info’ > ‘Ledgers’ > ‘Alter’. To
delete, select the ledger and choose the ‘Delete’ option.
6. Viewing Ledger Reports: Tally Prime generates reports like Trial Balance,
Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, etc., based on the transactions entered in these
ledgers, providing a clear financial overview.
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Step 3: Create a ledger
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CHAPTER III: ACCOUNTING ENTRIES
3.1 QUESTION
Journalise the following transactions also enter the following transactions in the
voucher entry.
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3.2 INTEREST CALCULATION
1. Open Tally Prime and access the company for which you want to enable
interest calculation.
2. Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info > Ledgers.
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3. Select the ledger account for which you want to enable interest calculation
(e.g., a customer or vendor ledger).
1. Open Tally Prime and select the company for which you want to enable
interest calculation.
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2. From the list of ledger accounts, choose the specific ledger (e.g., a customer or
vendor ledger) for which you want to enable interest calculation. Highlight
and select it.
3. In the ledger alteration screen, look for the option "Activate Interest
Calculation" and set it to "Yes."
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Ques: Where you can set the interest rate for a ledger in Tally?
1. Open Tally Prime and select the company for which you want to enable
interest calculation.
2. From the list of ledger accounts, choose the specific ledger (e.g., a customer or
vendor ledger) for which you want to enable interest calculation. Highlight
and select it.
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3. In the ledger alteration screen, look for the option "Activate Interest
Calculation" and set it to "Yes."
4. Look for the field labelled as "Rate of Interest" or similar terminology in the
ledger alteration screen. Enter the desired interest rate applicable to this
specific.
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Here are general steps you might follow:
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Stock Journal Entries:
Use Stock Journal entries to record the transfer of materials between stock
locations or from one stock item to another.
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press alt +f7 to select stock journal voucher
After opening the stock jounal voucher window , press ctrl+h and select
use for journal
To use the billzof material function
Now we can add the stock items in the component (consumption ) side .
Provide Product Name of Finished Goods, BOM name, godown, name &
Quantity of Finished Goods
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3. Select the behaviour to define the method by which the existing masters in
the company will be treated.
Go to Accounts Info or Inventory Info to view all the masters that has been
imported. You can also open the file Tally.imp located in the Tally Prime
installation folder to view the import log.
EXPORT
You can export masters created in a company, in different formats. You can also
choose the type of masters to export. Masters exported in XML format can be
imported into Tally Prime using the Import masters option.
2. Click E: Export.
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Select the Format.
Enter the Export Location.
Enter the Output File Name.
Select the Type of Masters to be exported.
Set the option Include dependent masters?
5. Enable Export Closing Balances as Opening, if required. The Export Report
screen appears as shown below:
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CHAPTER IV: RECONCILIATIONS
A Bank Reconciliation is a process to match all the transactions and bank
balances of an organisation with the accounting records of the organisation
for a particular period. You can perform the reconciliation manually as well
as automatically. You can set the date from when you want to perform the
reconciliation. The unreconciled transactions of the current year appear in the
Opening BRS of the next year, you can remove the Opening BRS if not
required. You can also compare the bank book with the cash book or two or
more banks.
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1. Go to Gateway of Tally prime> Banking> Bank Reconciliation.
2. Select the required Bank account from the List of Bank and press Enter. The
Bank Reconciliation screen of the selected Bank appears. By default the
details in the Bank Reconciliation screen are sorted based on Bank Date (if
bank date is already specified for the transaction). Or else, such sorting will be
based on the Instrument Date.
Note: By default, the screen displays the period range from date specified in the
Effective Date for Reconciliation in the Bank ledger master till the date of last
entry. The Bank Date has be to be provided based on the Instrument Date and
not on Voucher Date.
After you import the bank statement, the entries are auto-reconciled. You can
see the Bank Date column updated with the bank dates when the transactions
are cleared in the bank. You can also view the reconciliation screen by
including the reconciled transactions or view either debit or credit entries.
From the reconciliation screen of one bank, you can go to another bank
reconciliation screen. Additionally, you can configure the screen and add
other details as per your requirements.
You can customise the Bank Reconciliation Statement to view it as per your
requirements.
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F4 (Bank): You can switch to another bank to view the Bank
Reconciliation Statement of that bank.
Type of Voucher Entries: You can view all the vouchers together or
select only debit or credit entries.
Ctrl + J (Exception Reports): You can view the Optional and Post-
Dated Vouchers from this option.
Alt + H (Opening BRS): From this option, you can view the Opening
BRS for all the unreconciled transactions after you split the company.
Alt + S (Set Bank Date): To set a bank date for all the transactions for
reconciliation, press Alt + S. The Set Bank Date sub-screen appears as shown
below:
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the Bank Reconciliation screen is filled with the instrument date entered
for that transaction in the Bank Allocations screen.
New Date: On selecting New Date as the Bank Date Type, a new
field Date appears in the Set Bank Date sub-screen.
Specify the required bank date that is to be filled for all the transactions in
the Bank Reconciliation screen.
Apart from the above-mentioned options, you can further configure your
report from F12 (Configure).
Show Narrations: Set this option to Yes to display the narration in the
Bank Reconciliation Statement.
Show Remarks: Set this option to Yes to display the remarks in the
Bank Reconciliation Statement.
Show Forex details: Set this option to Yes to display the Forex details
in the Bank Reconciliation Statement. The options Show Forex details
appear only in case the multiple currencies feature is enabled for the
company.
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Show Difference in Bank Balance: Set this option to Yes to display
the difference of balance as per bank balance and balance as per
imported bank statement.
F2: Period: Press F2 key or click F2: Period to specify a period for which the
Bank Reconciliation screen is to be displayed.
S: Set Bank Dates: To set a bank date for all the transactions for
reconciliation, click S: Set Bank Dates button or press Alt + S key.
Instrument Date: On selecting Instrument Date as the Bank Date Type, the
Bank Date field for all the transactions in the Bank Reconciliation screen is
filled with the instrument date entered for that transaction in the Bank
Allocations screen.
Specify the required bank date that is to be filled for all the transactions in the
Bank Reconciliation screen.
Voucher Date: F2 on selecting Voucher Date as the Bank Date Type, the Bank
Date field for all the transactions in the Bank Reconciliation screen is filled
with the Date of Voucher.
C: Create Voucher: Press Alt + C key or click C: Create Voucher to create a
voucher from the Bank Reconciliation screen itself.
U: Opening BRS: Click this button to provide opening BRS to the
unreconciled transactions.
Provide the unreconciled transaction details based on the nature of transactions
(Deposit/Withdrawal).
Provide the date of the realised transactions (the amount reflecting in the bank
passbook) in the Bank Date field provided.
Save the Bank Reconciliation screen.
4.4 Tips:
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Reconcile your bank statements regularly (e.g., monthly) to maintain accurate
financial records.
Always cross-verify transactions and entries thoroughly to avoid errors in
reconciliation.
Keep backup files of your data before performing any reconciliations or major
modifications.
CHAPTER V: REPORTING
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5.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Trial Balance:
Go to the Gateway of Tally > Display More Reports > Trial Balance
After Pressing Alt+F1 key,We will get the detailed trail Balance:-
By Pressing F12 ( Configuration), We can select Opening trail Balance Yes Option
and can see the Opening Trail Balance also or Can see the transactions during the year
also.
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Can see the opening as well as Closing Trail Balance with Transactions During the
year as per below screen:
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Balance Sheet:
Day Book:
The Day Book is a report that provides a chronological record of all transactions
entered into the system for a specific period. It serves as a comprehensive journal
that lists every transaction recorded in the company's books on a daily basis.
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Accessing the Day Book
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