Technology advantages

Technology Advantages

• Simple and rapid installation: Tally.ERP 9 has a simple, menu-driven installation procedure. The user can install the program files on any drive if the hard disk has partitions. The user can also specify the name and directory location of the program files. Tally.ERP 9 uses minimum hard disk space in the local drive. Its installation on the local disk takes just a few seconds.
• Unlimited multi-user support: A multi-user version of Tally.ERP 9 can be installed on a network, having any number of computers with different operating systems such as Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP and Linux.
• Internal backup/ restore: Tally.ERP 9 has an in-built, user-friendly ‘backup and restore’ option. It helps the user to take a backup of one or more companies or all companies, in a single directory, in the local hard disk, or in any external media.
• Data reliability: Tally.ERP 9 offers reliable data. It uses a flexi-field, flexi-length, selfindexed, weighted file structure for an extremely compact and fast database. Tally.ERP 9 is robust and even if there is a power failure or the computer is incorrectly shut down, data is not lost. Tally.ERP 9 uses signalling quality data integrity checks, at regular levels, to ensure the complete reliability of data.
• User-defined security levels: Tally.ERP 9 offers high levels of security. Users can define multiple levels of security according to their requirements. Every authorised user in the company can have an individual password, with rights to use specific features only. The user with the administrator level password will have full access and can set controls for other users.
• Data security: Tally.ERP 9’s data integrity checks ensure that there are no external changes to the data. Tally.ERP 9 also uses a binary encoding format of storage to prevent devious grouping of information.
• Tally audit: The Tally.ERP 9 audit feature provides the user with administrator rights and the capability to check the entries made by the authorised users and alter these entries, if necessary. Once the entries are audited, Tally.ERP 9 displays the altered entries, if any,along with the name of the user, who has altered the entry, and the date and time of the alteration.
• TallyVault: Tally.ERP 9 offers a data encryption option called TallyVault. Without the valid TallyVault password, the data cannot be accessed. Tally.ERP 9 follows the DES (Data Encryption Standard) encryption method to safeguard the data.
• Removal of data into a separate company: Tally.ERP 9 allows users to maintain a company for any number of financial years. Once the books of accounts have been completed for the earlier financial years, the user can split the company data into multiple companies as per financial periods required. Tally.ERP 9 also has a feature to split company data. The user can specify the date from which the company has to be split and Tally.ERP 9 will split the company to form two companies as per periods specified. Once the data has been split, the closing balance of the first period (first company) becomes the opening balance for the next period (second company).
• Multi-directory for company management: The user can create multiple directories to store data. The data stored in these directories can be accessed directly in Tally.ERP 9, by specifying the path.
• Import/ Export of data: Any transaction can be exported and imported to other software after suitably altering the current structures to accept the Tally.ERP 9 data structure. Data can also be imported to Tally.ERP 9 by writing a TDL program. The data which is to be exported from Tally.ERP 9 can be in XML, HTML or ASCII format.
  
• Tally.ERP 9 Synchronization: Synchronization is the process of exchanging Tally.ERP 9 data between two or more locations. This process enables a branch office to send its data to the head office, over the Internet or a private network.
• Graphical analysis of data: Tally.ERP 9 provides graphical analysis of data which helps the user to perform deeper analysis. The user can generate graphical analysis reports such as Sales register, Purchase register, Ledgers, Funds flow, Cash flow, Stock Item registers and so on. This helps the management to quickly judge performance and be better prepared for difficult times.
• ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) compliance: It allows other programs to use data from Tally.ERP 9, directly. Thus, any program such as MS-Excel or Oracle, which is ODBC compliant, can use data from Tally.ERP 9. Data connectivity is dynamic, which means that any update in Tally.ERP 9 is reflected in real time in other ODBC compliant software. The user can also extract data from Tally.ERP 9 and design his/ her own report formats in other ODBC compliant software.
• Protocol support: Tally.ERP 9 provides protocol support for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ODBC and raw sockets with data interchange formats such as XML, HTML with XML islands, SOAP and related formats. Protocol refers to a mechanism by which information (data) can be put into or taken from Tally.ERP 9. Formats refer to the standard for information to be generated from Tally.ERP 9 or from other applications which can exchange data with Tally.ERP 9.
• Direct web browser access: While working on Tally.ERP 9, the user can directly log on to the Tally website, provided he/ she has access to the Internet. The website lists details of all the facilities offered by Tally.ERP 9. The user can also download the latest release of Tally.ERP 9 as and when it is available. The Tally website also offers Tally Chat, by which a user can communicate with a Tally representative and get required information.
• Ability to preview and publish reports and documents on the Internet: Companies which want to publish reports and price lists on their website can do so directly from Tally.ERP 9.
• E-mail Facility: Tally.ERP 9 facilitates the mailing of any Tally.ERP 9 report or document.
• Multilingual capability: Tally is the world's first accounting and inventory software with multilingual capability. Currently, Tally.ERP 9’s multilingual capability extends to 12 languages which include nine Indian languages (Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali), Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia. Tally.ERP 9 enables you to enter data in one language and have it transliterated into different languages. You can generate invoices, purchase orders or delivery notes in the language of your choice after entering data for the same in any of the nine specified languages. Also, the phonetic keyboard allows you to spell the term phonetically based on how it sounds and Tally.ERP 9 displays the data in the language selected after transliteration.
• Point of Sale (POS) : POS is an acronym for Point of sale. Point of Sale can be a retail outlet, a check out counter ina shop, or any other location where a sales transaction takes place. It is a computorised cash register which adds up the sales totals, calcutates the balance to be returned to buyer and automatically adjusts the inventory level to reflect the quantity sold. The equipment required for POS to work effectively are cash registers, card readers, bar-code scanners and so on.

Payroll:
Tally.ERP 9 Payroll is integrated with Accounting and benefits the user by simplifying Payroll processing and accounting. Tally.ERP 9 Payroll enables users to set up and implement salary structures, ranging from simple to complex, as per the organisation’s requirements. The user can also align and automate payroll processes and directly integrate them with main stream accounting applications. Tally.ERP 9 Payroll also supports configurable formats for payslip printing; flexible salary/wage, attendance, leave and overtime registers; gratuity and expat reports.

Data Migration Capability
Tally.ERP 9 has the ideal solution for those who have their data in Tally 7.2 and now want to use
Tally.ERP 9. Tally.ERP 9 provides a migration tool which helps the user to migrate the data easily
to the latest version and continue with day-to-day transactions. Tally 6.3 users can also use the
migration tool which will rewrite the version to Tally 7.2 and then migrate the data to Tally.ERP 9.
Tally 8.1 users and Tally 9 Release 2.14 users can rewrite the version of their data to Tally.ERP 9.

Features pertaining to Duties and Taxes

• The all-new package provides statutory reporting capability for VAT (Value Added Tax), Composite VAT, CST (Central Sales Tax), TDS (Tax Deducted at Source), ST (Service tax), TCS (Tax Collected at Source), FBT (Fringe Benefit Tax).
• State-specific statutory VAT returns and Annexures
• Various CST related reports
• Returns and challans for Service Tax
• TCS enabled with e-TCS capability, with facility for printing certificates/ challans
• Composition Monthly VAT Return
• Quarterly Return – Form II, in the case of Excise Dealer
• Periodic FBT Challans and Returns