As the name of post “How to record sales in Tally” shows that this post is about entering sales in Tally.

It is very essential to check a company’s performance and position regularly, so that necessary steps can be taken on time, for business growth. To maintain the accounting books, every organization or company has to record its sales, purchase, expense and income in accounts.

There are lots of accounting software, used by companies for maintaining accounts and to analysis a company’s performance and position. Tally’s simplicity and easy reporting makes Tally the most common used accounting software.

In this article we will learn to record sales in Tally Prime. To complete the sales entry we need some Ledgers/Accounts, without these it would be difficult to record sales in Tally. let’s have a look on these important ledges:

Steps to Enter Sales

1. Buyer Ledger ( To whom goods is being sold).

2. Stock Item (What is being sold).

3. Output Tax Ledger (CGST, SGST or IGST with Tax Rates).

4. Sales Ledger (Sale Type Local or Interstate).

Below given steps will help us to record sales:

1. Go to Gateway of Tally>Accounting Vouchers(For Shortcut Press V).

2. Select “Sales” (For Shortcuts F8)

3. Select Sales “Voucher Type“

4. Select Invoice Date.

5. Select Buyer Ledger (Sundry Debtors Account).

6. Select Stock Item. (The selling product)

7. Select Quantity (The Quantity of the product is being sold. It

8. Type the Rate of Item.

9. Select GST output (IGST or CGST and SGST with applicable rate) and save the voucher.

Following above steps, we can complete sales entry in Tally. This is also the general formula of completing the sales in books and can help you in many other account software used for accounting.

I hope this article has helped you to understand sales posting in tally.