Plain-language guides for business owners, accountants and students.
What TallyBook does for e-invoicing and e-way bills: checks invoices, exports JSON for offline upload, and records the IRN, acknowledgement and e-way bill numbers you get back.
The eight accounting vouchers, when to use each one, the key that opens it and a worked example for every type.
Company menu (Alt+K): users, roles, password policy, Security Control and the TallyVault password, plus the edit log, with honest limits.
What the Trial Balance shows, why it must tally, common causes of a difference, and the F12, Alt+F1 and Ctrl+F options in TallyBook.
Price, platforms, features and limits side by side, so you can decide which one fits your business.
Every TallyBook shortcut in one place: voucher keys, Gateway letters, voucher entry, reports, printing, import and export, with notes for Mac users.
TallyPrime installs only on Windows. Here are the ways Mac users run it, and TallyBook, a free Tally-style accounting app that runs natively on Apple-chip and Intel Macs.
Enable TDS, review the nature of payments, mark parties as deductible, let TallyBook deduct TDS during entry, pay it with challan details and review the Form 26Q summary.
Stock Journal, Physical Stock, Delivery and Receipt Notes, rejections and orders: the keys, what each does to stock, and when to use it.
F12 configure, Alt+F1 detailed view, Ctrl+F filter, Alt+F2 period, Enter drill-down and a map of the Display More Reports menu.
Alt+P to print or save as PDF, Ctrl+E for CSV, Alt+M for e-mail and WhatsApp, with exactly what each one does.
How TallyBook builds GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B from your vouchers, exports GSTR-1 JSON, reconciles purchases with GSTR-2B and gives you an HSN summary.
Set up employees and pay heads, add PF, ESI and professional tax, record attendance, post the monthly payroll voucher and print pay slips in TallyBook.
Activate interest on a party ledger, choose the parameters, and read the Group and Ledger Interest Calculation reports.
Bring ledgers, items and vouchers in from Excel or CSV with Alt+O: sample templates, import behaviours, preview and the exceptions report.
Move ledgers, stock items and vouchers from Tally to TallyBook with XML or Excel, preview every import, and check the Trial Balance before you rely on it.
A worked sample Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet for a small shop, explained line by line, with drill-down in TallyBook.
Set up GST, create the customer and sales ledgers, and raise a GST sales invoice with the right CGST, SGST or IGST, including item invoices with HSN codes.
The 28 predefined groups, primary vs sub-groups, a lookup table for common ledgers, and how to create one in TallyBook.
CGST and SGST vs IGST, place of supply, the GSTIN format, and how TallyBook decides which taxes go on an invoice.
A practical checklist for choosing free accounting software in India: GST, offline data, keyboard speed, backups and migration, and where TallyBook fits and does not.
What stock costing methods mean, a worked example comparing FIFO, LIFO, average, last purchase and standard cost, and how to set the method on a stock item in TallyBook.
Debit, credit, the three golden rules and five worked entries, with how TallyBook keeps every voucher balanced.
Enable cost centres with F11, allocate expenses during entry, read the Cost Centre Summary, and compare budget with actuals.
Track receivables and payables bill by bill: the four reference types, credit period, the outstanding reports and ageing.
Import your bank statement CSV, let TallyBook match entries, reconcile the rest, and keep track of cheque books and post-dated cheques.
Where TallyBook keeps your data, how to back up and restore with Alt+Y, the edit log, users and passwords, and what the TallyVault password does today.