More than one VAT Rate Invoice entry

Different goods have different VAT rates(say 4% & 12.5%), and its quiet possible that a trader deals in more than one type of good. In this case the purchase invoice entry can be passed in the following way:

• Create Purchase @ 4% Account, Purchase @ 12.5% Account. It should be under Purchase account with VAT rate applicable like Purchase @ 4%, Purchase @ 12.5%.
• Create Input VAT @ 4% Account and Input VAT @ 12.5% Account under Duties and Taxes and select VAT under Type of Duties/taxes and Input VAT @ 4% and Input VAT @ 12.5% under default Tax and VAT class.
• Create suppliers account under sundry creditors if not created.
• Press F12 -> Invoice configuration -> set no at Use common ledger account and no at Allow selection of VAT/Tax class during voucher entry.
• Give item details at the entry at accounting allocation, select purchase-exempted ledger. Then enter item details for each item, select respective Purchase ledger and select the VAT class for each item.
• After completing the item details, select the input VAT A/c for each rate one by one, to get VAT computed on VAT-able items.
  

Sales entry with single VAT rate.

Press F12 -> select Invoice/orders entry configuration -> press enter -> set yes at the option 'Use common ledger for item allocation?' -> press enter.
At Sales @ 4% A/c, select the sales ledger with VAT rate applicable like sales @4%.
Go to Accounting Vouchers from Gateway of Tally and press F8 for sales. There select Sales @ 4% under sales ledger and select sales @ 4% under VAT/TAX class. Enter the item details there. Then after that press enter and select VAT ledger, for example output VAT @ 12%, from the list and provide the rate to be charged. Press Ctrl + A to save the enty.

Ledgers to be created for VAT

Create another Sales, Purchase and VAT ledger and enable 'use as VAT return' as yes.
Purchase and Sales Ledger
Then create purchase and sales ledger for each VAT rates, for example Sales @ 4%, purchase @ 4%, sales @ 12%, purchase @ 12%,etc. You can provide any other suitable name too but do set 'yes' at 'Used in VAT return?' to link the ledger to VAT computation and VAT return.
At VAT/Tax class field, select the applicable VAT classification, which would be selected as default on entry of the sales/purchase ledger.VAT Ledger
In the same way create input and output VAT ledger, for example Output VAT @ 4%, Input VAT @ 4%,Output VAT @ 12%, Input VAT @ 12% etc.

Activation of VAT

For Activating VAT(Value Added Tax) :
Press F11 -> Press F3 -> Set 'enable value added tax(VAT)' as 'yes' -> Enable 'Set/alter VAT details' option as 'yes' -> Enter VAT TIN number and PAN number there -> press enter and save it.













Then come back to Gateway of Tally and press F12 then select Invoice/Orders Entry and press enter. Set 'Allow selection of VAT/Tax class during entry' and 'Warn on Mismatch in VAT Rates' as 'yes'. Then save it.

Value Added Tax(VAT) in Tally

Value Added Tax(VAT) is levy imposed on purchase or sale of goods. It cam into effect from 1st April, 2005 in place of State Sales Tax. As a result, the different states of India will have their own state level structure for VAT. The principle rules and regulations governing VAT in various states will remain same, since, they will be based on the 'White paper on State -Level Value Added Tax' released by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Types of Dealers.
A trader having turnover less than specified limit must not register under VAT Act but if they want to avail the facility of Input Tax Credit, they can register themselves. But traders who have exceeded the limit have to register themselves.

Unregistered Dealer.
Dealers having turnover less than the limit are not registered under the VAT act. They can maintain normal accounts in tally.

Registered Dealer.
Under the VAT Act, registered dealers may have either of the following status:

• Composite Dealer : Dealer having turn over less than the limit determined for composition, and have opte for composition scheme. They need not maintain VAT accounts but are required to maintain proper accounts to get the turnover figure for computation of composite tax.
• Registered Dealer : Dealers exceeding the specified limit must register under VAT Act. They can claim input tax credit and maintain accounts properly as per VAT rules.
  

Budget

We all know, setting up of a budget is an integral part of the job of an accountant, since, it helps in keeping a control over the flow of fund of the organization. Tally allows you to create multiple budgets. There could be a budget for a specific purpose, say for the bank , for the head office, optimistic budget, realistic budget, pessimistic budget,etc. Department-wise budgets can also be created say, marketing budget, finance budget,etc.

Activating Budget.
In order to activate budget Press F11 -> press F1 -> specify 'yes' at the option 'Maintain Budgets and Controls'.

Creating a Budget.
From Gateway of Tally, go to Accounts Info and and select budget. There create a new budget, it will lead you to budget creation screen.

Information to be provided.
Name of the budget can be given as Quarterly budget, Corporate budget,etc.
The top level is primary budget. You can set up more than one primary budget. Under each primary budget, sub-budgets with different names can be created.
Specify the period of budget.
You may want to set/alter the budget for group of ledger accounts or for ledger accounts individually or for cost centres or all of them. We shall take up budget for group first.
Specify 'yes' at group. If you want to set budget for a group, thereby setting budget for all ledgers under the group. Fill in the following fields.