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Contents
I New Features in Tally.ERP 9
1. Remote Access ..................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Tally.NET ............................................................................................................................................. 2
3. Simplified Installation Process ............................................................................................................. 3
New Tally.ERP 9 Installer ................................................................................................................................3
Tally Admin Tool ..............................................................................................................................................4
Introduction to TDL Server DLL Component ..................................................................................................4
Unified File Format for Tally.ERP 9 ...............................................................................................................4
4. Licensing in Tally.ERP 9 ..................................................................................................................... 5
5. Control Centre ...................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Support Centre ...................................................................................................................................... 6
7. Configure Tally.ERP 9 from Tally.ERP 9 ........................................................................................... 8
8. New Look & Feel ................................................................................................................................. 8
Resizing Screens ...............................................................................................................................................8
Multiple Selection capabilities .........................................................................................................................8
Bottom Button Toolbar .....................................................................................................................................9
Information panel .............................................................................................................................................9
9. Enhanced Payroll Compliance ............................................................................................................. 9
Payroll Statutory Features ...............................................................................................................................9
10. Excise for Manufacturers ................................................................................................................. 10
11. Auditors’ Edition of Tally.ERP 9 ..................................................................................................... 11
Tax Audit ........................................................................................................................................................12
Statutory Compliance .....................................................................................................................................12
II Major Enhancements
1. Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) .......................................................................................................... 14
2. Data Synchronization Changes .......................................................................................................... 15
Using Direct – Client and Server Capability .................................................................................................15
Using Tally.NET Server .................................................................................................................................15
3. Size and Performance changes ........................................................................................................... 15
Automatic caching based on system memory .................................................................................................15
Faster Data Entry ...........................................................................................................................................15
Application size reduction by three-fourth .....................................................................................................15
DATA SIZE Reduction ....................................................................................................................................16
Performance ...................................................................................................................................................16
4. Fringe Benefits Tax ............................................................................................................................ 16
III TDL Enhancements for Tally.ERP 9
1. Attributes and Modifier Enhancements .............................................................................................. 17
2. Enhanced Special Symbols ................................................................................................................ 17
3. New Method Formula Syntax with Relative Object Specification .................................................... 17
4. Enhancements-Object Association & Object Access via Interface Object ........................................ 18
5. Bracket Support in Language Syntax ................................................................................................. 18
6. Action Enhancements ......................................................................................................................... 18
7. User Defined Functions in TDL ......................................................................................................... 18
8. Collection Enhancements ................................................................................................................... 19
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Aggregation & Summarization .......................................................................................................................19
Collection re-use, extraction and chaining ....................................................................................................19
Indexed or Searchable Collection on TDL defined keys ................................................................................19
Usage as Tables .............................................................................................................................................19
Integration Capabilities using HTTP XML Collection ..................................................................................19
Dynamic Object support for HTTP-XML Information Interchange ..............................................................19
Collection Capabilities for Remoting .............................................................................................................20
IV Minor Enhancements
Accounting Masters ........................................................................................................................................21
Accounting Reports ........................................................................................................................................21
Accounting Vouchers ......................................................................................................................................21
Company Master ............................................................................................................................................21
Cost Categories/Cost Centres ........................................................................................................................22
CST .................................................................................................................................................................22
Email ..............................................................................................................................................................22
Excise for Dealers ..........................................................................................................................................22
Fringe Benefits Tax ........................................................................................................................................22
Final Accounts ................................................................................................................................................22
Installation .....................................................................................................................................................23
Inventory Masters ...........................................................................................................................................23
Inventory Vouchers ........................................................................................................................................23
Job Costing .....................................................................................................................................................23
Licensing ........................................................................................................................................................23
Multi-currency ................................................................................................................................................23
Payroll & Statutory ........................................................................................................................................23
POS .................................................................................................................................................................24
Printing ...........................................................................................................................................................24
Reports ...........................................................................................................................................................24
Security Control .............................................................................................................................................25
Service Tax .....................................................................................................................................................25
VAT .................................................................................................................................................................25
V Issues Resolved
Accounting Masters ........................................................................................................................................26
Accounting Reports ........................................................................................................................................26
Accounting Vouchers ......................................................................................................................................27
Audit Features ................................................................................................................................................28
Budgets and Credit limits ...............................................................................................................................28
Cost Categories ..............................................................................................................................................28
Crash/MAV .....................................................................................................................................................28
Data/TCP Migration ......................................................................................................................................29
Excise for Dealers ..........................................................................................................................................29
Export/Import .................................................................................................................................................29
Final Accounts ................................................................................................................................................30
Fringe Benefit Tax ..........................................................................................................................................30
Inventory Masters ...........................................................................................................................................31
Inventory Vouchers ........................................................................................................................................31
Inventory Reports ...........................................................................................................................................33
Job Costing .....................................................................................................................................................33
Licensing ........................................................................................................................................................33
Multi-currency ................................................................................................................................................33
ODBC/Export/Import .....................................................................................................................................33