GST Accounting Entries in Tally - Sales and Purchases
GST Accounting Entries in Tally - Sales and Purchases
Purchases
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Aug
In this post you are going to learn in detail step by step about how you
can easily create GST Accounting Entries in Tally.
Especially we are going to look at how you can create sales and
purchases entries along with stock items in Tally.
In this GST Series so far, you have learned how you can upgrade Tally to
the version 6.0 which includes GST functionality and how to enable and
set GST details in Tally.
If you are familiar with the previous taxation entries in Tally for VAT or
Service Tax, then GST entries for sales and purchases in Tally will be a
cup of cake for you.
It is almost same as if you are passing entries for service tax but instead
of service tax, you will be passing entries for GST.
Now, let us start with the main part. Creating Sales and Purchases
entries for GST.
But before we can create Sales and Purchases Entries for GST i.e.
GST Accounting Entries in Tally, we need to create certain ledgers and
alter certain ledgers if you have not already created them.
Before creating GST Accounting Entries in
Tally…
As I said, we need to create certain ledgers as well as alter certain
ledgers.
There is another type of GST called UTGST – Union Territory GST which
I will not be discussing here because it is not much in use.
So, coming back to the GST ledgers, we need to create the following GST
ledgers in Tally. They are:
Output CGST Ledger – when you sell goods or services inside your
state
Output SGST Ledger – when you sell goods or services inside your
state
Output IGST Ledger – when you sell goods or services outside your
state
Input CGST Ledger – when you buy goods or services inside your
state
Input SGST Ledger – when you buy goods or services inside your
state
Input IGST Ledger – when you buy goods or services outside your
state
All the ledgers will be under Duties and Taxes as all of them are taxes.
Remember, when you sell goods or services, there will always be Output
Tax and when you buy goods or services, there will always be Input Tax.
While creating GST taxation ledgers, you need to take extreme care of
one thing and that is rate of tax.
If you have already enabled and set up GST in Tally, you must have set
the GST rates in Statutory and Taxation in the Configuration menu.
Therefore, while creating GST ledgers, you need to put the tax rate to
zero.
Let me show you how you can create 1 ledger from the above list
because the rest of the ledgers have to be created in the same way.
The name will be Input CGST as it is input tax which we pay when
we purchase goods or services attracting GST.
As I said, it will be under Duties and Taxes.
Now, in Type of Duty/tax option, select GST.
For Tax type, select Central Tax for now.
You have to select State Tax for SGST and Integrated Tax for
IGST and Cess for Cess.
You can easily create all the GST Ledgers as in the list above by following
this method.
Just change the name, the Tax Type and you are done with creating all
the ledgers. Repeat the same method and in no time you will have all the
six ledgers required for passing the GST accounting entries in Tally.
Now that you have created all the GST tax ledgers, we need to make sure
that certain other ledgers are configured for GST applicability otherwise
they won’t work as required.
Those ledgers are important for passing GST Accounting Entries in Tally.
They are:
Follow me.
Please note that if you do not alter the Sales Ledger and do not enable
GST in that ledger, GST will not be automatically calculated and will not
get displayed while creating a Sales Voucher which includes GST.
GST
Rate Details in Sales Ledger in Tally
Enter the Description and the HSN Code which you can get
from your GST registration.
Nature of Transaction is important here. There are different
natures of transaction. Have a look at in the picture below.
For example, for 28% GST on sales, the name of the ledger can be GST
Sales 28%. This will differentiate all the sales according to the rates in
Profit and Loss Account in Tally and it will be easy for you to see sales in
different rates of GST.
You have to create a Purchase Ledger. And guess what? You have to
follow the exact same method which I have described above.
The only difference will be that it will be a Purchase Ledger instead of
Sales Ledger.
So, go ahead and create a Purchase Ledger and simply follow the steps
above. You will in no time have successfully created a GST Purchase
Ledger in Tally.
From now on I am assuming that you have created the required GST Tax
Ledgers and enabled GST in Purchase and Sales ledgers in Tally.
These ledgers are required for passing GST Accounting Entries in Tally so
create or alter them with care for perfect entry at the end.
Basically a stock item is a unit through which you can record the number
of items sold or purchased. For example, if you sell a mobile, then stock
item here is mobile.
We have to alter the stock items to enable them for GST so we can pass
the entry for GST Sales or Purchases.
I will be explaining you here, how you can alter it or enable GST in your
stock item in Tally.
Now, let us go and alter the Sundry Debtor and a Sundry Creditor Ledger
to make them GST supported in Tally.
I will alter it here and will show you how to add the GST details in the
Sundry Debtor ledger.
Even if you are creating Sundry Debtor Ledger for the first time, the
procedure is simple and almost the same.
Here, select the Registration type as per the details from your
debtor. In most cases it will be Regular.
Enter the GSTIN or UIN
Select the Party Type. There will be 3 options which are
Not Applicable – Most cases
Deemed Export and
SEZ (Special Economic Zone)
Last option is for E-Commerce Operator. E-commerce operators
are sites like Amazon or Flipkart who allow other people to sell
their goods on their sites. If you are selling your own goods from
your site and no one else is selling goods except you on your own
site than you are not an e-commerce operator.
Save the details and press Enter until you save the whole ledger.
Congratulations, you have successfully created or altered a GST
Sundry Debtor Ledger.
The best thing is, you can similarly create or alter the GST Purchases
Ledger in Tally. I have already created GST Sundry Creditor Ledgers in my
Tally.
But, if you face any difficulty in creating GST Sundry Creditor Ledger, you
can always comment below and I’ll be happy to help.
Coming back to the recap, here is what we have completed till now.
Now it is the time to create an actual sales and a purchase entry in Tally
which will include GST.
This was what I was talking about till now. The real time to create GST
Accounting Entries in Tally.
I am assuming that you have created all the ledgers above and are ready
to pass sales and purchases entry in Tally.
In short, everything is set and we are ready to go to pass the sales entry
along with the GST in Tally or one of the GST accounting entries in Tally.
In short, you have learned how to create GST Accounting Entries in Tally.
If you remember, I asked you to create IGST ledgers also.
Well, they are used whenever you are selling outside the state or
purchasing from the other state.
In Tally, just select IGST ledgers whenever you want to pass entry in
Tally which involves sales or purchase outside the state instead of CGST
and SGST ledgers.
That’s it.
I know this post is long, but I want you to fully know the working of GST
in Tally, especially in Sales and Purchases.
I am sure, you will have questions and I am ready to answer them in the
comments below.
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Exempt purchases
Deemed Export
SEZ purchases
● Ensure that the option Assessee of Other Territory? is set to Yes in the
Company GST Details screen.
● Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounting Vouchers > F9: Purchases .
● Select the party ledger in which the option Assessee of Other Territory? is set
to Yes .
● Select the purchase ledger.
● Select the central and UT tax ledgers.
● Ensure that the option Assessee of Other Territory? is set to Yes in the
Company GST Details screen.
● Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounting Vouchers > F9: Purchases .
● Select the party ledger in which the option Assessee of Other Territory? is set
to No .
● Select the purchase ledger.
Note: If you are an assessee of other territory, and your supplier is of the same state but
not of other territory, select a common purchase ledger. Ensure the tax rates
(integrated, central and UT tax) are defined in the stock items. The taxes will be
calculated accordingly.
● Select the integrated tax ledger.
Note: If you and your supplier are located in the same state, and you do not belong to
other territory but your supplier is an assessee of other territory, select a common
purchase ledger. Ensure that the tax rates are defined in the stock items. The taxes
will be calculated accordingly.
● Select the integrated tax ledger.
Exempt Purchases
The local or interstate purchase of goods or services exempted from GST can be recorded
using a purchase voucher. In the ledger masters of the exempted goods or services,
Taxability should be set to Exempt in the GST Details screen.
● Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounting Vouchers > F9: Purchases .
● Select the applicable purchase ledger . For example, Exempt Purchases.
Deemed Exports
The penultimate purchases for exports can be recorded in purchase vouchers. Effective
from 18th October 2017:
● Integrated tax is applicable on interstate transactions.
● Central tax and state tax are applicable on transactions made within the state.
Prior to this date, integrated tax had to be paid on all taxable deemed exports made
within and outside the state.
You can record deemed exports using the natures of transaction provided for interstate
and intrastate purchases.
● Interstate taxable deemed export: Integrated tax is applicable for purchases
recorded with the nature of transaction Purchase Deemed Exports - Taxable .
● Intrastate taxable deemed export: Central and state taxes are applicable for
purchases from local parties recorded with the nature of transaction Intrastate
Purchase Deemed Exports - Taxable .
● Exempt and nil rated deemed export: No tax is applicable when recorded with the
following natures of transaction:
o Intrastate: Intrastate Purchase Deemed Exports - Exempt and
Intrastate Purchase Deemed Exports - Nil Rated
o Interstate: Purchase Deemed Exports - Exempt and Purchase Deemed
Exports - Nil Rated
Date: Displays the date on which the sales invoice was passed by the supplier.
4. Select the GST ledgers (central and state, or integrated) based on the state selected
for the supplier ledger.
You can view the tax details by clicking A : Tax Analysis . Click F1 : Detailed to
view the tax break-up.
Purchases Attracting GST and TDS
You can record a purchase voucher for services that attract GST and TDS.
Consider
Is Bill of Entry
Nature of Transaction Taxability Party Type Party for
available?
Export
Nil Not
Imports Nil Rated -- --
Rated Applicable
Nil
Purchase from SEZ - Nil Rated SEZ -- Yes
Rated