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Payments and Receipts

Every business incurs expenses and generates income which is recorded to track the payments and
receipts. Such payments and receipts can be done through cash or bank, as well as through other
payment methods such as online payments, credit or debit cards and so on. You can print the
payment and receipt vouchers and also print and share an acknowledgement of receipt with your
customers.

In TallyPrime, the payments and receipts are recorded using the Payment and Receipt Voucher.
Once recorded, you can see such vouchers in the Payment and Receipt Register. Apart from the
Payment and Receipt Register, TallyPrime provides you with the Receipts and Payments Report,
which you can view as is or also configure as per your requirements.

Contra entries refer to transactions between cash and bank such as cash deposited in the bank, or
cash withdrawn from the bank. In TallyPrime, such Contra entries are recorded using Contra
Vouchers, however, you can record the Contra entries using Payment and Receipt vouchers. You can
settle suppliers’ and customers’ bills by recording payments and receipts against bill numbers. In
TallyPrime, you can adjust those bills after entering the amount received or paid. Alternatively, you
can use the pre-allocation bill option. This option displays outstanding bills and you can select
them before entering the amount. You can record your payments and receipts in the Journal
Voucher as well and view the transactions in the Journal Register.
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Record a Payment Voucher

You can use a Payment voucher to record cash and bank payments using Single Entry or Double
Entry mode.

In this section

Cash payment in Single Entry mode

Bank payments in Single Entry mode

Payments in Double Entry mode

Provide narration for each ledger in the payment voucher

Cash payment in Single Entry mode

In business, you can pay daily wages, regular business expenses like stationery, printing, postage,
and other miscellaneous expenses, or payments to your suppliers with cash as it is an instant
payment method. In TallyPrime, you can record such cash payments in single entry mode. If you are
unfamiliar with the accounting rules, you can use the single-entry mode of accounting. Once you
select the ledgers correctly, TallyPrime automatically records your transaction as per the
accounting rules.

Suppose you want to make payment through Cash for Conveyance and Telephone expenses
incurred in your business. You need to select Cash account under the Account field and under
Particulars select the conveyance and telephone accounts and enter the respective amounts.
Similarly, you can make payments to your suppliers. You have to select your supplier account under
Particulars, and you can record the transaction.
In the below example, let’s record cash payment for Conveyance and Telephone expenses in single
entry mode.

1. Open the Payment Voucher in single entry mode.

a. Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F5 (Payment).

Alternatively, Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F5 (Payment).

b. Press Ctrl+H (Change Mode) > select Single Entry.

2. Select the Cash account, and Expenses account.

a. In the Account field, select the Cash ledger.

b. Under Particulars, select the Conveyance and Telephone ledgers, and enter the
corresponding amounts.

3. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the payment voucher.

Bank payments in Single Entry mode

You can make bank payments and record them using the Payment voucher. In the Receipt voucher,
select the Bank account under the Account field and expenses or party ledger under Particulars.
You can make payments for more than one expense or to more than one supplier through a single
voucher in case they are sister concerns.

Select more than one Transaction Type and allocate the amount to each Transaction Type by
providing the required details. In this case, let us make payment for a Furniture purchased.

1. Open the Payment Voucher and in single entry mode.

 a. Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F5 (Payment).
Alternatively, Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F5 (Payment).

b. Press Ctrl+H (Change Mode) > select Single Entry.

2. Press F12 (Configure) and set the option Set Ledger-wise Bank Allocations during voucher
creation to Yes, to view the bank details defined in the party ledgers.

3. Select the Bank account and Furniture account.

a. In the Account field, select the Bank ledger.

b. Under Particulars, select the Furniture ledger, and enter the corresponding amount.

4. Provide the bank details in the Bank Allocations screen.

a. Select the required Transaction Type.

The Transaction Type is by default set to Cheque in the Bank Allocations screen. You
can change it as needed, for example, e-Fund Transfer, Electronic Cheque, and so on.
If you do not find the required Transaction Type, select Show More in the Transaction
Types list and press Enter.
You can configure the Bank Allocation screen, by pressing F12 (Configure).

When you change the Transaction Type from Cheque to any other type in
the voucher creation/alteration screen, the instrument number will be
removed if a cheque range was used. The instrument number entered
without using cheque range, will be retained.

b. Enter the details in the remaining fields.

c. Press Ctrl+A to save the Bank Allocations screen.

In the case of a Cheque, you can choose the same or different cheque
range. If you choose the same range, the subsequent cheque numbers
automatically get filled in the Inst No. field.

5. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the payment voucher.

Similarly, you can do payments towards capital expenditure also.

Payments in Double Entry mode
You can record your payments using double entry mode in TallyPrime. In double entry mode, you
need to decide which account to debit and which account to credit. You can use double entry mode
if you are familiar with the accounting rules. Suppose you are making a payment for your regular
business expenses. You need to debit the expense ledgers one after the other along with their
corresponding amounts and credit the cash, bank, or petty cash account from where you are making
the payment.

You can record all entries in double-entry mode by selecting the ledger to be debited and credited
correctly. In TallyPrime, you can also convert a payment voucher to a Journal Voucher by pressing
F7, and you can see the entry in the double-entry mode under the Journal Voucher as well. In this
example, we are recording payment of regular business expenses through Petty Cash.

1. Open the Payment Voucher in double entry mode.

a. Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F5 (Payment).
Alternatively, Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F5 (Payment).

b. Press Ctrl+H (Change Mode) > select Double Entry.

2. Select the Bank/Cash accounts and Party or Expenses accounts.

a. Debit the Expense ledgers and enter the corresponding amounts.

b. Credit the Petty cash ledgers, and enter the corresponding amounts.

3. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the payment voucher.

Provide narration for each ledger in Payment voucher

When you are recording any transaction in TallyPrime, you can write a narration for the transaction
entered for future reference. But TallyPrime also provides you with the option to enter narration for
each ledger while you are recording the transaction.

Suppose you are making a payment for wages from a single wage account, and you have debited
the wages account and credited the cash or bank ledger. In this scenario, you cannot understand to
whom you have paid the wage, so you can enable the option of providing narration for each ledger
from the Payment Voucher Type and mention the name of the person to whom you paid the wages
in the narration section of the ledger. This option is available for all the accounting voucher types.

1. In the Voucher Type Alteration screen for Payment, enable Provide narrations for each ledger
in voucher and save.

2. Open the Payment Voucher.

Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F5 (Payment).
Alternatively, go to Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F5 (Payment).

3. Select the Ledgers. The Narration field appears for each ledger.
 4. Enter the required Narration, and the amount for each ledger.

5. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the payment voucher.

Print Payment Vouchers for Expenses

After recording a payment voucher, you can print the voucher to keep a record of the sundry
payments made by you. In TallyPrime, you can choose to print a voucher later or immediately after
saving the voucher. If you want to print the payment vouchers immediately, you can enable the
option Print voucher after saving from the Voucher type alteration screen. In your business, you
might be paying daily wages to your employees through cash, you can print the payment voucher
and get it signed by your employees as proof of payment made to them.

To print the Payment Vouchers:

Record the payment entry.

In the payment voucher, press Ctrl+P and the Print screen appears.
You can select C (Configure), I (Preview), or P (Print).

To print vouchers immediately after saving:

1. In the Payment Voucher Type, enable Print voucher after saving.

2. Record a payment voucher and accept the screen.

The Print screen appears, and you can select C (Configure), I (Preview), or P (Print).
Payment Register
In TallyPrime, you can go to the Payment Register to view the payment entries recorded. It is a
monthly report and shows the number of transactions recorded per month. You can drill down and
view the transactions recorded, and you can also make changes to the vouchers if required. If you
use a Journal Voucher to record your payment transactions, you can view them in the Journal
Register.

1. Open the Payment Register.

Press Alt+G (Go To) > type or select Payment Register > and press Enter.
Alternatively, Gateway of Tally > Display More Reports > Account Books > Payment Register.

2. Select the required month and press Enter.

You can see the list of transactions for that particular month. You can further drill down and
see the vouchers recorded.
You can configure the report and view it as per your requirement. You can see the related reports as
well as exception reports.

Press Ctrl+H (Change View) to see the Payment Register in columns with all the expenses
ledgers as headers and extract the report. You can view related reports such as Post-Dated
Bank Transactions.
You can also press F8 (Columnar) to view the report in columns.

Press Ctrl+J (Exception Reports) to see the Optional Vouchers, Cancelled Vouchers, Post-
Dated Vouchers.

Record a Receipt Voucher

You can use a receipt voucher to record cash and bank receipts. You can record
using Single Entry or Double Entry mode.

In this section

Cash receipts in Single Entry mode

Bank receipts in Single Entry mode

Receipts in Double Entry mode

Cash receipts in Single Entry mode

In business, you might want to record receipts for Commission, Bank Interest, Discounts Received,
Receipts from Customers, and so on. TallyPrime allows you to record such cash receipts using
Receipt Voucher in single-entry mode. You can use a single-entry mode of accounting if you are
unfamiliar with the accounting rules. Once you select the ledgers correctly, TallyPrime automatically
records your transaction as per the accounting rules.

Suppose you want to record receipts through Cash for Commission. You need to select the Cash
account under the Account field, and under Particulars, select the Commission Received ledger and
enter the respective amount. Similarly, you can record receipts from your customers. You have to
select your customer account under particulars, and you can record the transaction.

1. Open the Receipt Voucher in single entry mode.

a. Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F6 (Receipt).
Alternatively, Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F6 (Receipt).
 b. Press Ctrl+H (Change Mode) > select Single Entry.

2. Select the Cash account and Income account.

a. In the Account field, select the Cash ledger.

b. Under Particulars, select the Income ledgers, and enter the corresponding amounts.

c. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the receipt voucher.

Bank receipts in Single Entry mode

You can receive bank receipts and record them using Receipt Vouchers. Select the Bank account
under the Account field and income or party ledger under Particulars. In the Bank Allocation screen,
you can specify the transaction type as well as other details such as the instrument number if you
received the funds by cheque.

1. Open the Receipt Voucher in single entry mode.

a. Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F6 (Receipt).
Alternatively, go to Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F6 (Receipt).

b. Press Ctrl+H (Change Mode) > select Single Entry.

2. Press F12 (Configure) and set the option Set Ledger-wise Bank Allocations during voucher
creation to Yes, to view the bank details defined in the party ledgers.

3. Select the Bank account and Party account.

a. In the Account field, select the Bank ledger.

b. Under Particulars, select the Party ledgers, and enter the corresponding amounts.

4. Provide the bank details in the Bank Allocations screen.

 a. Select the required Transaction Type.
The Transaction Type is by default set to Cheque in the Bank Allocations screen. You
can change it as needed, for example, e-Fund Transfer, Electronic Cheque, and so on.
If you do not find the required Transaction Type, select Show More in the Transaction
Types list and press Enter.

When you change the Transaction Type from Cheque to any other type in
the voucher creation/alteration screen, the instrument number gets
removed if a cheque range is used. The instrument number entered without
using cheque range, is retained.

You can configure the Bank Allocation screen, by pressing F12 (Configure).

b. Enter the details in the remaining fields.

c. Press Ctrl+A to save the Bank Allocations screen.

5. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the Voucher.

Receipts in Double Entry mode

You can record your transactions using double entry mode in TallyPrime. In double entry mode, you
need to decide which account to debit and which account to credit. You can use double entry mode
if you are familiar with the accounting rules.

Suppose you are recording a receipt for an Interest Received. You need to debit the Cash or Bank
ledger with the corresponding amount and credit the Interest Received account. You can record all
entries in double-entry mode by selecting the ledger to be debited or credited correctly. In
TallyPrime, you can also convert a receipt voucher to a Journal Voucher by pressing F7, and you can
see the entry in the double-entry mode under the Journal Voucher as well.

1. Open the Receipt Voucher and select the double entry mode.

a. Press Alt+G (Go To) > Create Voucher > press F6 (Receipt).

Alternatively, go to Gateway of Tally > Vouchers > press F6 (Receipt).

b. Press Ctrl+H (Change Mode) > select Double Entry.

2. Select the Bank/Cash account and Income account.

a. Credit the Income or Party ledgers and enter the corresponding amounts.
 b. Debit the Cash or Bank ledgers, and enter the corresponding amounts.

3. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save the receipt voucher.

Printing a Receipt
After recording a receipt voucher, you can print it immediately or print it later. In order to print the
voucher immediately, you can enable the option in the Receipt Voucher Type. You can also print a
formal receipt and hand it to your customer as an acknowledgement of the money received.

In this section

Print the receipt immediately after saving the voucher

Print the Receipt Voucher as a Formal Receipt

Print the receipt immediately after saving the voucher

As a business practice, you need to issue receipts when you receive money. You can configure your
Receipt Voucher type and enable the option of Print voucher after saving. This will directly take you
to the printing page once the entry is recorded. You can decide whether to configure your receipt or
to directly print it. The option helps you to save time from printing the vouchers later.

1. In the Receipt Voucher Type, enable Print voucher after saving.

2. Record a Receipt Voucher and accept the screen.

The Print screen appears, and you can select C (Configure), I (Preview), or P (Print).
You can configure your receipt voucher and enter the bank details while printing.

To enter the bank details,

Open the Receipt voucher and press Ctrl+P.

On the Print screen, press C (Configure). The Print Configuration screen appears.

In the Voucher Details section, set the options Show Bank Transaction Details and Show

Additional Details to Yes.

You can configure your receipt voucher even if you have enabled the option to
print immediately after saving a voucher.
Print the Receipt Voucher as a Formal Receipt
You can print the receipt voucher for your records, and you can also give your customers a formal
receipt to show that you have received the payment for a certain invoice. The formal receipt
includes the amount received along with the party name and also shows the Bank name through
which you received the amount. The formal receipts are issued if the customer asks for them, you
can also issue the formal receipt in the case of an Advance receipt.
1. In the Receipt Voucher Type, enable Print formal receipt after saving.

2. Record a Receipt Voucher and accept the screen.

The Print screen appears with the Title as Receipt Voucher. You can press P (Print) to print

the voucher.

3. Press C (Configure) if you want to configure the voucher.

a. If you want to change the report title, in the Print Configuration screen, type or
select Title > change the Title and Sub-title under Header information.

For example, Formal Receipt.

b. If you want to print specific details in the formal receipt.

Under Print Configuration, set the options as needed.

Press Ctrl+A to accept the Print Configuration screen.

 4. Press P (Print) to print the voucher as a formal receipt.

Receipt Register
In TallyPrime, you can go to the Receipt Register to view the receipt entries recorded. It is a monthly
report and shows the number of transactions recorded per month. You can drill down and view the
transactions recorded and also make changes to the vouchers if required. If you use Journal
Voucher to record your receipt transactions, you can view them in the Journal Register.

1. Open the Receipt Register.

Press Alt+G (Go To) > type or select Receipt Register > and press Enter.

Alternatively, go to Gateway of Tally > Display More Reports > Account Books > Receipt
Register.

2. Select the required month and press Enter.

You can see the list of transactions for that particular month. You can further drill down and

see the voucher recorded.

You can configure the report and view it as per your requirement. You can see the related reports as
well as exception reports.
 Press Ctrl+H (Change View) to see the Receipt Register in columns with all the income
ledgers as headers and extract the report. You can also view related reports such as Post-

Dated Bank Transactions.

You can also press F8 (Columnar) to view the report in columns.

Press Ctrl+J (Exception Reports) to see the Optional Vouchers, Cancelled Vouchers, Post-

Dated Vouchers.

Pre-allocate Bills for Payments or Receipts

You can settle your customers’ or suppliers’ accounts as you pay or collect money from them by
keeping track of payments and receipts against the relevant bill numbers. By using the pre-
allocation bill option in TallyPrime, you can adjust those bills even before entering the amount
received or paid.

Once you have selected your creditor for payment, TallyPrime lists out all the outstanding bills you
have to pay to determine the current payment amount. The total immediately appears beneath the
amount column once you’ve chosen the bills you want to pay.

1. In Payment or Receipt Voucher, press F12 (Configure).

a. Set the option Preallocate bills for Payment/Receipt/Journal Vouchers to Yes, to select

the bills immediately after selecting the party ledger.

b. Set the options Show list of Bills for selection and Show Final Balances for each

Bill to Yes, to view the list of pending bills with Balance and Final Balance amounts.

c. Set the options Show Bill-wise Details and Show Bill-wise details in multiple

lines to Yes, to view the bill-wise details and credit period.

Immediately after selecting the party in the voucher, the Bill-wise Details screen

appears.

preallocate-bills

2. On selecting Agst Ref, the list of Pending Bills for the party appears.
 3. Select the required bills and record the voucher.

4. Accept the screen. As always, you can press Ctrl+A to save.

Record Contra entry using Payment / Receipt

voucher
TallyPrime allows you to record a contra entry using a payment or receipt voucher, where you can
record transactions like cash withdrawn from a bank or even a bank-to-bank transfer.

If you are withdrawing cash from the bank,

In the Payment Voucher, under Account select the respective bank account.

Under Particulars, select Show More > select Cash from List of Ledger Accounts.

You can record the same entry in a receipt voucher,

In the Receipt Voucher, under Account select Cash account.

Under Particulars, select Show More > select Bank account from List of Ledger Accounts.

Cash or Bank ledger does not appear for selection by default under List of Ledger
Accounts. You need to either select Show More or start typing Cash to see the
ledger option.

Receipts and Payments Report

A Receipts and Payments report is a report of cash and bank transactions recorded in a specific
period. You can use it in place of an income and expenditure statement.
 It is a consolidated summary of the cash book prepared for the required period.

It starts with the opening balance of cash and the bank and ends with the closing balance of

cash and the bank.

It does not take into account outstanding receivables and payables.

It may be of a capital or revenue nature and relate to the current, previous, or subsequent year,

so long as they are received or paid.

The Receipts and Payments account displays information based on default primary groups. It is
updated with every cash or bank transaction or voucher entry.

View Receipts and Payments Report

The Receipts and Payments report displays the opening and closing cash and bank balances for a
specified period. It also shows the transactions recorded during that period, where you made the
payments and recorded the receipts. To view the report, change the date or period to suit your
needs.

1. Open the Receipts and Payments report.

Press Alt+G (Go To) > type or select Receipts and Payments > and press Enter.
The Receipts and Payments report is generated and updated from the opening of books until

the last voucher entry date.

2. Select the required group and press Enter to view the Receipts and Payments
Summary reports.

You can further drill down to the Ledger Monthly Summary, Ledger Vouchers, and finally to
the voucher alteration screen.
Apart from the default view of the Receipts and Payments columns along with the details of the
ledgers, you can also customise the report.

Press Ctrl+B (Basis of Values) to view the Nett Balances and you can also change the Scale
Factor.

Press Ctrl+H (Change Views) to view the report vertically and ledger-wise.

Press Ctrl+J (Exception Reports) to view the Negative Ledgers.

Press Alt+N (Auto Column) to compare your data Quarterly, Weekly, Monthly and so on.

To know more, refer to Working with Reports.

Receipts and Payments Summary Report

This report displays the summary of groups or sub-groups of the selected primary group from the
Receipts and Payment report.

In this section

Cash/Bank Opening/Closing summary

Receipts & Payments Summary

Receipts and Payments Ledger Monthly Summary

Cash/Bank Opening/Closing summary

In TallyPrime, you can view the Opening, and Closing balances of your cash and bank accounts,
along with the transactions during the period. You can also configure the display of the report as
per your business requirements.

Press Alt+G (Go To) > type or select Receipts and Payments > and press Enter.

In the Receipts and Payments report > click Opening Balance.

Press F12 (Configure) to set the options as needed. Set Show Transactions as Yes and Show
Closing Balance as No.

By default, the options Show Opening Balances and Show Closing Balances are
set to Yes.
 The Cash/Bank Opening Summary screen appears as shown below.

Receipts and Payments Summary

The Receipts and Payments report allows you to pick groups, and the report then displays
information about the groups you chose. The report shows how much is the receipt and payment
amount for that particular group. Additionally, you can customize the report and make
modifications based on your needs.

Select the required primary group from the Receipts and Payments report (for example,
Current Liabilities). The Receipts and Payments Summary screen of the selected group
appears as shown below.
 This report displays all the receipt and payment transactions of the groups/sub-groups and
ledgers of the selected primary groups for the period.

To configure the report, press F12 (Configure).

You can select the required group/sub-group or ledger and drill down to view the Ledger

Monthly Summary.

Receipts and Payments Ledger Monthly Summary

You can select any ledger from the Receipts and Payments report and view the monthly receipts
and payment transactions for that particular ledger. You can configure the report and set the
display of the report as per your requirements.

1. Select the required ledger from the Receipts and Payments Summary report. The Ledger
Monthly Summary screen of the selected ledger appears as shown below.
 This report displays the selected ledger’s monthly receipt and payment transactions summary.

2. To configure the report, press F12 (Configure).

3. Select the required month to view the Ledger Vouchers screen, as shown below.
There are various reports in TallyPrime that provide insights about your payments and receipts. You
can view them along with other necessary details depending on your business needs to analyse and
make informed decisions.

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