Tally guides for Indian CAs
Voucher types, ledger masters, XML import behaviour and the things TallyPrime and ERP 9 do differently. Written for people who already use Tally daily and want the parts nobody documents.
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How to Convert a Bank Statement to Tally Vouchers (The Fast, Accurate Way)
A practical, step-by-step guide for Indian CAs and accountants on turning any bank statement PDF into clean Tally vouchers - without manual data entry, and without uploading client data to the cloud.
The 7 Tally Voucher Types Every Accountant Should Master
Payment, Receipt, Contra, Sales, Purchase, Credit Note, Debit Note - a clear breakdown of when to use each Tally voucher type, with the sign conventions and GST gotchas that trip up even experienced users.
Why Every Imported Bank Entry Lands in Suspense (and How to Stop It)
Suspense is meant to hold the few entries you genuinely cannot classify. After a bulk import it often holds all of them. Here is the mechanical reason why, and what actually prevents it.
Tally Import Failed: What Each Error Actually Means
Tally import errors are mostly unhelpful, and the most dangerous case is not an error at all: an import that reports zero created while the vouchers are sitting in the company. Here is how to read what happened.
TallyPrime vs Tally ERP 9: What Actually Changes When You Import
The dangerous difference between Tally versions is not that older ones reject things. It is that they accept the voucher and silently drop the parts they do not understand.
Contra, Payment or Receipt? Picking the Right Voucher Every Time
Three voucher types cover almost every bank line, and choosing between them is not a style question. Pick wrong and the money looks like it came from somewhere it did not.
Undoing a Bad Tally Import (When 300 Vouchers Are Already In)
The import said it worked. Then you opened the ledgers. Tally has no undo for an import, so getting back out is a different job from getting in - and the deleting is not the hard part.
Which Ledger Head Do Bank Charges Go Under in Tally?
Bank charges belong in Indirect Expenses, but that is the easy half. The harder half is that a bank statement mixes four different things under one label.
The Contra Entries That Fail an Audit
A contra moves money between accounts the client already owns. Booked wrongly it inflates turnover, reverses cash flow, or records one movement twice, and every one of those survives a reconciliation.
TDS on a Bank Statement: Why the Payment Is Short, and Where the Rest Went
A vendor invoiced ninety thousand and the bank shows eighty-one. The missing nine thousand is TDS, it has not disappeared, and booking the payment at the bank figure understates the expense and leaves the vendor permanently unreconciled.
An Overdraft Is Not a Bank Balance: OD and CC Accounts in Tally
A cash credit account filed under Bank Accounts puts a borrowing in current assets. The balance sheet balances, every entry reconciles, and the working capital position it reports is wrong by twice the limit.
Bank Interest Income and the TDS Credit That Comes With It
A bank credits interest net of tax, reports the gross figure to the department, and the difference is a credit the client is entitled to. Booking what the statement shows understates income and quietly forfeits the claim.