What is a Tally Course and Why is it so Important?

Tally is the most popular accounting software for small and mid-level businesses in India and its neighboring countries. Tally Course is also known as Tally ERP 9 course or Tally Prime course.

Tally course is the process of learning Tally Accounting Software.

It can be done either online and offline. In this article, we will discuss the benefits, salary, eligibility criteria, learning resources, duration, fees, syllabus and career scope of the Tally Course.

If you want to work in the field of accounting, then you must know about Tally ERP 9 Software, which has now become Tally Prime? Around 90% of the business enterprises use Tally Software to manage their books of accounts.

Tally is the primary software used by the businesses for Accounting, Financing, Inventory, Manufacturing, Payroll, Billing, Sales, Profit Analysis, Profit and Loss also manages Taxation parts such as VAT, GST, TDS, TCS, etc.

The Tally course is largely beneficial to the freshers, who are pursuing a career in accounting or those who want to manage books of accounts for a firm.

Nowadays, business account dependency on Tally is increasing day by day, due to that, the regular demand for Tally professionals is increasing.

As long as businesses are alive, the demand for Tally professionals will also increase.

Tally professionals are not only required by the business, but they are also in demand by small business individuals who want to maintain their books of accounts.

Salary after Tally Course

As you already know, accountants play the most important role in any organization. An entry-level Tally accountant’s salary is way more than expected.

With even no experience, you can easily expect 10k to 12k Indian rupee per month. Just to cross-check you can refer to job websites. 

An early career financial accountant with 3 to 5 years of experience can earn 25k to 30k Indian rupee per month.

If you have experience of 5+ years then you can also apply abroad with a handsome package.

Eligibility Criteria for Tally Course

Tally Course is a professional course, so there are no academic qualifications necessary. But you should have the basic knowledge related to the subject. For example: if you want to learn “MS Office”, then you should have basic knowledge of a computer. 

For a Tally Course, basic knowledge about “how to operate a computer” and “basic knowledge of accounting & financing” is necessary. 

On the knowledge basis, we have divided Tally Course into 3 Levels:

  1. Tally Basic Course
  2. Tally Intermediate Course
  3. Tally Advance Course

Tally Basic Course

As it’s a starting level course, you are only required to have a basic knowledge of computer operating and basic accounting knowledge.

Basic is the beginner level course, where you will learn the introduction of accounting and financing; after that terminology of accounting, classification and rules of accounting. Then you will be learning:

  • How to Create a company in Tally
  • Basic level of the master creation
  • How to create a vouchers entry ( Purchase, Sales, Payment, Receipt)
  • View reports (Trial Balance, Ledger, Daybook, etc.)

Tally Intermediate Course

For Intermediate Course you must have knowledge of Tally basics. In this, you will understand more deeply the concepts of accounting and inventory. You will also learn Data Security, Backup, Restore Data, etc. As like list the below:

  • Create a company with the security level
  • Data Configuration
  • How to create Masters
  • How to create Transactions
  • Banking
  • GST reports
  • Transactions reports
  • Ledgers reports
  • Receivable &  payables reports
  • Account summary
  • Stock summary
  • Ledger vouchers
  • Trial balance
  • Profit & Loss report
  • Stock item reports
  • Printing Configuration
  • Features of tally
  • Backup & restore data
  • Split company data
  • Export & Import data

Tally Advance Course

This course is for working professionals, those who are already using Tally and want to fine-tune their skills. You will learn all about those topics which are not covered above.

  • Group Company Creation
  • Remote user
  • Security level
  • E-Invoicing
  • Inventory Vouchers
  • Order Vouchers
  • Payroll Vouchers
  • Job Costing
  • Job works
  • Bills of material
  • Multiple currencies
  • GSTR reconciliation
  • TCS

Learning options for Tally Software

Nowadays, learning Tally is not a big deal. There are so many options available nearby, you need to do some research.

In the earlier days, we were totally dependent on the institutes for all kinds of professional courses. But thanks to this digital era and the Covid Pandemic. Now everything is just a few clicks away. So now you have two options to learn Tally software:

  1. Tally Offline Course[From Institute nearby]
  2. Tally Online Course[From Internet]

Tally Offline Course

If you choose the option of an offline learning medium, you have to research for the best reputed Certified Tally Training Institute nearby and start your Tally Course there.

Tally Online Course

Nowadays, we know the importance of digitalization or online learning just because we faced a pandemic situation. School students, college students and office colleagues all are working from home or developing their skills through online classes

So Tally courses are also available online for Free as well as Paid.

If you have ample amount of time and do not want to spend money then you can consider YouTube also which is considered as the Best Free Resource for Learning Tally.

But, if you want the crux directly and can spend some amount of money for the premium knowledge and want to save time, then there are so many paid resources available on the internet. Few of them we have shared here.

If you select the option of online learning, then there are so many free as well as paid resources available for learning. Here are a few resources.

Tally Course Udemy[FREE & PAID][English & Hindi]

Udemy is a paid source, but sometimes it offers courses for free also. Udemy offers you valuable knowledge at a very cheap price. A few courses are listed below.
  • Tally Prime Mastery Course (Course Link)
    • Last updated: 4/2021
    • Star Rating: 4.3
    • Language: Hindi
    • Duration: 20 Hours on-demand video
    • No. of Student Buy this Course: 3,533 Students
  • Tally ERP9 With GST Step By Step Guide From Basic to Advance(Course Link)
    • Last updated: 5/2021
    • Star Rating: 4.1
    • Language: English
    • Duration: 8 Hours on-demand video
    • No. of Student Buy this Course: 29,148 Students
  • Tally ERP 9 with GST – A step by step Mastery Course 2020(Course Link)
    • Last updated: 5/2020
    • Star Rating: 4.3
    • Language: Hindi
    • Duration: 2 Hours on-demand video
    • No. of Student Buy this Course: 23,154 Students
  • Tally Prime Erp +GST 2021 : Certificate Course by Bestseller(Course Link)
    • Last updated: 5/2020
    • Star Rating: 4.2
    • Language: English
    • Duration: 8.5 Hours on-demand video
    • No. of Student Buy this Course: 5,033 Students

Tally YouTube Tutorials[FREE]

Well everyone knows that whenever you have a need to search for anything on the internet, then there are only two options, the first is Google and the second one is YouTube. There are so many content creators on YouTube who offer quality content absolutely free. A few of them are listed below.

Tally Tutorial Websites[FREE]

We have picked some of the best websites from which you can learn for free. These are listed below.
  • Tally Solution Blog(Link)
  • Tally Education(Link)
  • JAVA T POINT(Link)
  • Tally School(Link)
Learning is not complete without practice. So, If you are learning Tally software then you must practice it also, for that you need the Tally Education Version on your computer. Here we share a complete guide about download, setup and use the Tally Education Version.

Tally Course Duration

Duration from the Tally course is dependent on the mode you choose to learn either offline or online.

Tally Offline Course Duration

Tally Course can be learned between 2 or 4 months from a regular institute.

If you want to learn the basic level then you can complete it in 2 months. On the other hand, if you want to learn advanced level including payrolls, GSTR reconciliation, job work, job costing, etc. then you need around 4 months. 

Tally Online Course Duration

Here comes the power of the Internet. It totally depends on you, in how much time you want to complete the Tally course online.

For a Tally basic course, you will hardly need 2-3 days to complete the course and 3-4 days for the practice.

For the advanced course, you will need a maximum of 1 week to finish the Tally course online and 1 week for practice.

Tally Course Fees

Tally course fees totally depend on the mode you opt for. Like for an offline institute, you will be charged somewhere 3k-5k Indian rupees for the basic level. For an Advance course, you have to pay between 6k-8k Indian rupees.

But before joining any Tally institute, you must collect information about some institute near you and hunt for the best one.

But we recommend you to check out the online course prices also on Udemy, you will find so many courses at an average price of 399 Indian rupees.

Also, keep YouTube as an option. Because YouTube has tons of information for free.

Tally Course Syllabus

We can categorize Tally course details on module basis. It totally depends on you, which module you want to learn first and which one at last.

We are publishing a detailed description of different kinds of modules, which are covered under the Tally course syllabus.

Accounting:

Accounting is the process of keeping the day to day transactions related to our business. The accounting process also includes some tasks summarizing, analyzing, and checking the reports of tax entities.
  1. Basic of Accounting
  2. Types of Accounting: Real Accounts, Personal Accounts, Nominal accounts
  3. Golden rules of Accounting
  4. Accounting Principles, Terminology of Accounting
  5. Double entry system and Bookkeeping
  6. Features of Tally Software
  7. Functional features of Tally
  8. Create & Alter accounting masters in Tally Group, Ledger, Currency, Voucher Types
  9. Bills wise details
  10. Statements of Accounts

Inventory:

Inventory is the quantity and value of the current stock of a Manufacturer, Trader and Retailer. For example:  If a publisher uses a vehicle to deliver books to the bookstore, only the books will be considered inventory. The vehicle will be treated as an asset.

  1. Creating inventory masters in Tally
  2. Create & Alter Godowns
  3. Order processing: Track order, Purchase order process, Sales  order process, Display order posting, Adjusting orders
  4. Tracking Numbers
  5. Additional Cost Details
  6. Bills of Materials (BOM)
  7. Price level & Pricelist
  8. Inventory aging analysis

Voucher Entries (Accounting & Inventory):

Voucher is the Process in which we get Purchase, Sales, Payment, Receipt, Contra, Journal, etc.

Types of Vouchers:

  1. Purchase Voucher for  (F9)
  2. Sales Voucher (F8)
  3. Journal Voucher (F7)
  4. Receipt Voucher(F6)
  5. Payment Voucher(F5)
  6. Contra Voucher(F4)
  7. Credit Note Voucher (Alt + F6)
  8. Debit Note Voucher (Alt + F5)
  9. Delivery Note (Alt + F8)
  10. Sales Order (Ctrl +F8)
  11. Purchase Order (Ctrl +F9)
  12. Stock Journal (Alt + F7)

Other Features:

These features are used for advance level entry of transactions. You will learn here, how to access remote users and browsing reports when someone is at a remote location.

  1. Point of Sales (POS)
  2. Job Costing
  3. Budget
  4. Multi-Address
  5. Buyer (Bill to) and Consignee  (ship to)
  6. Cost Center
  7. Vouchers Class
  8. Multi-Currency
  9. Import & Export
  10. Remote User
  11. Browsing Reports
  12. Security Control
  13. Data Synchronization

Banking:

Banking features have been enhanced in Tally to the overall banking experience. Here you will learn to operate banking related operations in the Tally course:

  1. Cheque Printing
  2. E-Payments
  3. Deposit Slip
  4. Printing Payment Advice
  5. Cheque Register
  6. Post Dated Cheque
  7. Deposit Slip
  8. Payment Advice
  9. Bank Reconciliation

Payroll Accounting & Compliance:

Payroll system management is the process of financial records of employees. Like Salaries, Wages, Bonuses, Net Salary.

Also, you can include a track of working hours. In small firms, the owner handles the payroll system. Employee payroll is very easy to manage in Tally Software. 

  1. Employer’s data.
  2. Configuring Payroll
  3. Create & Alter payroll masters
  4. Payroll Vouchers
  5. Create Employee PF & ESI masters
  6. Tracking Salary
  7. Salary Revision / Arrear
  8. Payroll Report

PDF Tally Course Syllabus Download

We know the details shared above about the Tally course syllabus are important. Due to that, we have given you the option to download the tally course details file as PDF also.

Job options after Completing Tally Course

After learning Tally you will extra boost your career by improving your knowledge in accounting and taxation.

On the other hand, if we talk about the demand of Tally accountants or Tally professionals. As long as no. of businesses increase, the scope of Tally will also increase.

Hence learning Tally helps the students in making their future bright. Here are some of the Tally-related jobs included with details.

As a Bookkeeper

The bookkeeper is making a record of daily financial transactions. The bookkeeper’s job is to process receipts, invoices, as well as payment and make sure that everything is noted down. Also provides a role in the data collection and data input of an accounting cycle.

As an Accountant

An Accountant is a person who is responsible for keeping and examining the financial accounts of a business. Either an accountant may also choose to work for individual clients and charge for maintaining accounting.

As a Tax Accountant

Tax accountants are the financial experts. Who is working with clients to produce tax return documents with all the government rules and regulations that determine the amount of money owed to federal states and local agencies. But they also advise clients about managing their assets to minimum tax penalties.

As an Accounting Manager

Accounting manager supervisor of the accounting department. They developed and implemented systems for analyzing, verifying records and auditing financial information. They review financial documents submitted by staff accountants and changes or improvements to these documents and accounting managers play a role for hiring new accounting staff.

As an Payroll Clerk

Payroll clerk compiles and records employee timekeeping and payroll data. Payroll clerks, also called payroll assistants, perform a wide range of work like compute employee time, production, commission, wages, deductions and Distribute paychecks and statements to department managers.

Conclusion

So I hope you have understood the importance of Tally in the life of the organization. And we have tried to clarify each and every doubt which comes to your mind about the Tally course.

Businesses are not going to crash tomorrow. To manage business accounting, there will always remain a demand for Tally Professionals.

We have guided you end to end, from beginning to the learning resource, to the career scope. Now it’s your turn to make decisions and decide whether you want to become a Tally professional or not.

Dinesh Lodhi: I am an IT Professional since 2009. From that time, I was working only for my clients and my dream to create my own digital assets is dying day by day. But one day I finally decide to start taking action and this website has born. Since that day, my motto with this website is to share Tally related knowledge in the simplest form possible.

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