2. Introduction
We must not,” he said, “develop a specific language version of Tally. No
one should be required to take a decision which ‘language’ he or she
wants to buy. They should be able to use it in any language, at any time.
We must understand that differentpeople in their office will have different
language preferences. Each should be able to work on the same data in
the language of their choice. Each business has multitude of customers.
Each customer should be able to get their information in their preferred
language. There can be NO compromise.”
Out of such passion and vision was Tally 8.1 born. Tally 8.1 is a tribute to
our late Founder Chairman,
Sri S. S. Goenka. It is indeed a product of his clear understanding of
people’s real needs driven by his desire to see businesses in every
district in India benefit from Tally. His unwillingness to compromise his
beliefs has led to many innovations in the past. “Are we writing programs
to make the life of the USER easier, or the life of the PROGRAMMER
easier?” This question, now often repeated in our environment, was first
asked by
Sri S S Goenka.
It has taken several years to reach a point where we could solve the Multi
Lingual problem as defined by him. “Mimic the human train of thought”,
“Mimic the human way of working” – have been continuous challenges
imposed on the rigor of our software design. In this version, a major
technological breakthrough has manifested in the ability to use languages
concurrently in the way people actually work. Most of us are multi-lingual
by our upbringing. We switch our languages to suit the audience. We
understand several languages, speak many of them, and read/write a
few. Yet, this combination is different for each of us depending on our
birth, our family, our schooling, the places we grew up in, our friends, our
workplace etc.
As always, this product too is a direct outcome of the blessings and
inspiration of the Late Sri. T. D. Goenka, and Sri S. S. Goenka. We
proudly present the result of our efforts,and fully believe that it is because
of their spiritual guidance that we have been able to reach this goal. In
the days ahead, we will add some greater capability, and expand the
range of language interaction – including the ability for you to change the
3. terminology to suit your taste!
We hope you will enjoy the product, and join us in thanking the visionary
who had known that only such a multi-lingual product can be truly usable.
The Tally Team
New Features and Functionality in Tally 8.1
4. The new improved Multilingual Business Accounting and Inventory
Management Software, Tally 8.1 is more performance driven than the
earlier versions. Its superior features include:
Concurrent multilingual Support
Fringe Benefit Tax
VAT Composition Returns
Excise for Dealers
User interface colours that are even more pleasing to the eye
Tally's Phonetic Keyboard
Ability to copy text from Tally to windows and vice versa
Concurrent Multilingual Support
Tally 8.1 is so technologically advanced that it can operate in all Indian
languages concurrently! That means, you maintain accounts in any Indian
language view it in another and print it in yet another language of your
choice…. at the same time! With Tally 8.1 capture multiple language-
specific aliases for all Masters and print Reports, Vouchers and Invoices
in the language of your choice. What’s more, Tally 8.1 supports
transliteration of data for Indic family of languages.
Fringe Benefit Tax
FBT (Fringe benefit tax) is a one time, easy to enable configuration. Tally
provides the complete tracking of expenses covered under FBT. It
computes FBT based on the eligibility criterion and generates FBT
Challan and returns.
VAT Composition Returns
VAT Composition Returns provides fast and error-free voucher entry with
complete tracking of each transaction. The Composition Rate of VAT is
automatically recognised based on the turnover. It prints VAT
Composition Returns for VAT enabled states. The tax payable is
calculated automatically and displays in the Return Form.
Excise for Dealers
Excise for Dealers provides complete tracking of duty credit availed and
passed on. It supports printing of excise invoice and generates the
5. required statutory reports.
Colours
The user interface has now changed to more appealing colours aimed at
enhancing your use of Tally.
Tally's Phonetic Keyboards
Tally’s Phonetic keyboard is useful for those who speak the language but
do not know how to type it using the operating system keyboard. It is user
friendly with the same layout as that of the English characters. You can
spell the term based on its sound and the data is transliterated in the
language selected.
