INFORMATION ABOUT TALLY.ERP 9



TALLY

Tally is a main program made by Peontronies Pvt. Ltd. company. It is design for all types of accounting solution and stock management. It is DOS based version which include accounting and windows based inventory control system. Its main technology is based on alignment of various transactions happens on company other report and book writing is made by the tally own. For the each transaction ledger a/c entry be open after this voucher entry is done.



Tally 9
This is the latest version of Tally which has maximum features. All other versions have been declared end of life period by Tally company. Tally 9 has advance features like Excise for Dealers, Payroll, FBT, TDS, e-TDS filing facility etc along wit its regular features related to accounting and inventory management. 

 
Company Information (SCREEN PROPERTY)

The first step to get started in Tally.ERP 9, is to Create a Company. The initial screen appears as shown:


The Gateway of Tally screen is divided into six sections, namely Horizontal Button Bar, Main Area (Ctrl+M), Info. Panel, Calculator Area (Ctrl+N), Task Bar and Vertical Button Bar.
The elements of the Gateway of Tally screen are explained below:

Horizontal Button Bar

The Buttons, Print (Alt+P), Export (Alt+E), E-mail (Alt+M), Upload (Alt+O), Language (Ctrl+L), Keyboard (Ctrl+K), Control Centre (Ctrl+K), Support Centre (Ctrl+H) and Help (Alt+H) can be seen in the Horizontal Button Bar.
Control Centre (Ctrl+K) � Login to the Control Centre for account management
Support Centre (Ctrl+H) � To access support incidents, queries and track the resolution status
Help (Alt+H) � To access Tally.ERP's online context-sensitive help

Main Area (Gateway of Tally)

The Main Area is separated into two:
1.  Left-hand side area
2.  Right-hand side area
The left-hand side provides information on Current Period, Current Date and List of Selected Companies (Name of the company and the date when last entry has been made).
The right-hand side displays the Company Information menu such as Select a Company, Create a Company, Backup a Company or Restore a Company and so on.

Hot Keys

Hot keys are capitalized and appear in red colour on all the menus. Using the Hot Keys in Company Info menu will take you to the relevant screen or sub - menus within the selected option.

Info. Panel

The Information Panel or Info Panel as it is widely known appears at the bottom part of the screen. It is divided into five blocks, the first four block give you vital information on the various aspects of the product installed on your computer where as the last block contains the calculator.
The user, based on his requirement can hide the Info Panel to give you a larger working area. To hide the Info Panel click on the [x] close button, a green colour band appears with a ^ (up arrow symbol) indicating the info panel is hidden. To un-hide the Info panel click anywhere within the hidden Info Panel or activate the Calculator Pane by pressing Ctrl+N.
By default the Info Panel is displayed in Gateway of Tally or the Company Info menu and remains hidden in other screens or reports. To display the Info Panel in all the screens or reports click any where within the hidden Info Panel.
To always display the Info Panel across all the screens or reports follow the steps shown:
Go to Gateway of Tally > F12: Configuration Menu > General
·         Set the option Always show Info Panel to Yes, Tally.ERP 9 will always display the Information Panel in all the screens or reports
Or
In the Company Info or Gateway of Tally
·         Click close to hide the Info Panel
·         Double click any where within the hidden Info Panel
A brief write-up about each block of information panel is given below for your benefit

Product Block

The product block of the information panel displays the Tally.ERP 9 logo.  You can click on the Product band to access the Product Details screen or click on theTally.ERP 9 logo to visit www.tallysolutions.com.
In the Product Details screen highlight the required option and press Enter to visit the download page and get latest information about various aspects of the product.

Version Block

The Version block displays important product information such as
·         Series: is the product series installed on your computer. When the status of the series is Latest, it indicates that the most recent series of Tally.ERP 9 running on your computer.
·         Release: Basically displays a number indicating the version of the installed product for the respective series. When the status of the release is displayed Latest, it indicates that you are using the most recent version of Tally.ERP 9. In case you are using the older release of Tally.ERP 9, the status is displayed 9.9 Available, which indicates the latest version of Tally.ERP 9 is available for download.
·         Edition: displays the edition of the product installed which is either Silver or Gold or Auditor.
·         Users: The number of users displayed are based on the product edition installed. The number of users for Silver is limited to One whereas Unlimited users can simultaneously work on the Gold and Auditor edition.
·         Click on Version block, the Product Details screen appears displaying the detailed information about the Series, Release, Build, release Status as of date,Version and Edition of Tally.ERP 9 installed on your computer.


Highlight the required option and press Enter to get the latest information on various aspects of the product.
License Block
The License Block displays information related to the product licensing such as
·         Serial Number: displays the activated license serial number for the respective product edition. On detecting a copyright violation the License Serial Numberwill turn blank and Invalid License is displayed in red instead of Site ID and Account ID.
·         Remote Serial: The remote serial number appears when you have logged in as a remote user or logged in to the Control Centre or Support Centre.
·         Site ID: It is the site name assigned by the user while activating a multi-site license. In a multi-site licensing scenario the first site activated is assigned PrimarySite ID.
·         Account ID: displays the E-Mail Id of the Account Administrator which was provided in the activation form.
·         Tally.NET Subscription valid till: displays a date indicating the validity of Tally.NET subscription. The date is displayed in red colour seven days before the expiry of the Tally.NET subscription. On expiry of the Tally.NET subscription a message Tally.NET Subscription expired on 99/99/9999 will appear in red.
·         Click on License block of the Info. Panel. The Tally.ERP 9 License and Tally.NET Details screen appears displaying License Details, Remote License Details and Tally.NET Account Details of the respective license serial number.


Configuration Block

The configuration block of the information panel displays the following information
Stat: displays the version of the statutory file in use. When the status of the statutory file is Latest, it indicates that you are using the most recent version of the statutory file. When the status displays 999 Available it indicates that you are using the older version of the Statutory file and the latest version is available for download. In case the Tally.NET subscription has expired and you are not eligible to use the higher version of the statutory file with an older release of Tally.ERP 9 then the word Stat and the release number 999 appear 

Calculator Pane

The Calculator Pane allows you to perform simple and complex mathematical operations required by the user eliminating the need of an additional calculator at his desk. To activate the calculator press Ctrl+N or click within the Calculator Pane where ever it is displayed.  

Task Bar

The menu path appears in the lower left corner of the Bottom pane.
The Current Date (system date). three letter day, date, month and year are displayed in DDD, DD, MMM, YYYY format on the right-hand side.
System Time appears on the lower-right corner in Hour: Minutes: Seconds (HH/MM/SS) format.

Button Bar

The buttons are designed to make the work easier and faster, they vary from one screen to another based on the screen functionality. They appear on the right hand side of the Tally.ERP 9 screen and the inactive buttons are greyed out. You can either click these buttons or press the shortcut keys to access the relevant screen.
The following are some of the buttons and their functions:
F1: Select Cmp � To select the company from the List of Companies and access data from other data directories on the local system or through the network. You can also access the Directory field by pressing [Backspace].  
F12: Configure � To access the configuration settings to manage the information entered in Tally.ERP 9. For example, you can access the General Configuration to set country specific defaults, before creating a company.
Buttons where a character or function key is underlined indicates that you have to press underlined character or the function key along with [ALT] key.
Buttons where a character or function key is double underlined indicates, you have to press the character or the function key along with [CTRL] key.  
·         F1: Press the shortcut function key [F1] to select a company
·         F1: Press [ALT+F1] to shut a company
·         F8: Press [CTRL+F8] to select the Credit Note voucher
·         Ctrl+M: Press Ctrl+M to access the Gateway of Tally
·         Ctrl+N: Press Ctrl+N to access the Calculator frame

Close Button

The Close Button in the upper right corner functions similar to the use of Esc in Tally.ERP 9. It brings you to back to the Gateway of Tally.ERP 9 from any screen.

Minimise Button

The Minimise button performs the standard Windows Operating System function, allowing you to minimize Tally.ERP 9 and work on other applications. To restore Tally.ERP 9, click on the Tally.ERP 9 icon on the taskbar.

OPEN THE TALLY FOLDER DIRECT AND SHORTCUT TYPE

CREAT
SELECT
DISPLAY
ALTER
BACK UP
RESTORE
RECOVERY OF DATA
QUIT


Create:- This option is used to create information about a new company. It can include company name, address, income tax, sale tax no account of any year. The report of the date of accounting started, password no. etc can be get.
Select:- By Showing created company list this option opens the selected company on which its account entry and maintenance can be done.
Backup:- All the accounts of related to selected company data files can be do9press in the floppy to record. In which if data size is exceeding more than one floppy can be used by continuo tally back up 001, 002 and so on files can be copied.
Recovery of Data:- All the data occurs either due to various infection or due to fluctuation of power. Can be corrected by this option.
Quit :- Tally can be close by this option if created company needs to be related than. 

Grouping of Legged A/C:- This option Creating of all ledger a/c heads and a/c groups getting information. Correcting budget for all a/c heads is possible.
 
S. No
Ledger
Type of Account
Tally Group
Nature
1
Shop Keeper
Personal Account
Account Payable/Sundry Creditor
C.L.
2
Customer
Personal Account
Account Receivable /Sundry Creditor
C.A.
3
Bank Saving
Personal Account
Bank Accounts
C.A.
4
Post Office Saving
Personal Account
Bank Accounts
C.L.
5
Capital
Personal Account
Capital Account
C.L.
6
Drawing Account
Personal Account
Capital Account
C.L.
7
Cash
Personal Account
Cash in hand
C.L.
8
Building
Real Account
Fixed Assets
Assets
9
Car
Real Account
Fixed Assets
Assets
10
Furniture
Real Account
Fixed Assets
Assets
11
Furniture & Fixtures
Real Account
Fixed Assets
Assets
12
Carriage Outward
Income & Exp.
Direct Expenses
Expenses
13
Wages
Income & Exp.
Direct Expenses
Expenses
14
Direct Wages
Income & Exp.
Direct Expenses
Expenses
15
All type of main Income
Income & Exp.
Expenses
Expenses
16
Receivable Rent
Income & Exp.
Direct Income
Income
17
FBT
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
18
Income Tax
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
19
Sales Tax
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
20
Service Tax
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
21
TCS
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
22
TDS
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
23
VAT
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
24
Rent
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
25
Audit Expenses
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
26
Bad Debts
Income & Exp.
Duties & Taxes
Current Liabilities
27
Bank Charges
Income & Exp.
Indirect Expenses
Expenses
28
Commotion
Income & Exp.
Indirect Expenses
Expenses
29
CST
Income & Exp.
Indirect Expenses
Expenses
30
Depreciation
Income & Exp.
Indirect Expenses
Expenses
31
Electric Bill
Income & Exp.
Indirect Expenses
Expenses