Creating a Single Group

Group is a collection of Ledgers of the same nature, Tally.ERP 9 allows you to create groups as per your requirements.

Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Groups > Create under Single Group

The Group Creation screen is displayed as shown:

Name of Group

Enter the name of the Group to be created. For example “Administrative Expenses” in the name field.

Alias

Enter an alias name to allow access to the group using the Alias in addition to its name or leave it blank. For example, for Administrative expenses, you can enter Office Expense or even an alphanumeric code, say E001, as an alias

Under

Specify under which existing (Parent) group the sub-classification is required.

Note: If it is a new primary group, select Primary (requirement of a new primary group is very rare, but the option exists). Creation of new Primary Group is not allowed if Allow Advanced entries in Masters is set to No in F12: Configure.  You can also create a new Parent Group by using Alt+C.  

Tally.ERP 9 has the flexibility of creating the related Masters from specified screens: