Indian Rupee Symbol Conversion

You can now use the new Indian Rupee symbol introduced by the Government of India in Tally.ERP 9. The new rupee symbol can be used base currency symbol or as foreign currency symbol (under multi currency scenario), for your existing as well as for new companies.

Conversion of Rupee Symbol for an Existing Company

Rupee Symbol as Base Currency Symbol

In the Company Creation screen, the Rupee symbol () is set as Base Currency Symbol   the select company screen after loading will prompt you with a message to convert the Base Currency Symbol (E.g. Rs.) to the New Currency Symbol (), as shown:

Note: The font used for Rupee symbol () in Tally.ERP 9 Help is Rupee Foradian.

• Click Yes or press Y to convert.

• The currency conversion successful message appears as shown:

• Press Enter to continue.

 The Company Alteration screen is updated with the new Base Currency Symbol as shown:

Note: Tally.ERP 9 checks for the country selected in the Statutory compliance for field under Mailing & Contact Details in the Company Creation/Alteration screen. In case India is selected, Tally.ERP 9 prompts you to convert base currency symbol to new currency symbol (), irrespective of any currency symbol being used in base currency and name in the formal name of currency.

In case you do not want to convert your Base Currency to New Currency symbol while loading the existing company in Tally.ERP 9 Release 3.0 for the first time, click No or press N to the conversion prompt message.

• The currency conversion decline message will appear as shown:

• Press Enter to continue.

Note: To convert to New Indian Currency symbol later, go to Company Alteration or Currency Alteration screen (Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info > Currencies > Alter) and press Ctrl + 4 to type the new currency symbol at the Base Currency Symbol field and save the settings.

In case Rupee Symbol (Rs.) is used as Foreign Currency (under Multi Currency)

When you load your existing company using Tally.ERP 9 Series A Release 3.0 for the first time, having one of the foreign currency symbols as Rs., or/and formal name containing Indian Rupees/INR/IND Rupees, etc., the select company screen while loading will prompt you with a message to convert the Foreign Currency (E.g. Rs.) to the New currency ()symbol, as shown:

• Click Yes or press Y to convert.

• The currency conversion successful message appears as shown:

In case you do not want to convert your Foreign Currency (created for India) to New Currency Symbol () while loading the existing company in Tally.ERP 9 Release 3.0 for the first time, click No or press N to the conversion prompt message.

• The currency conversion decline message appears as shown:

Note: To convert to New Indian Currency symbol later, go to Currency Alteration (Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info > Currencies > Alter) screen and press Ctrl + 4 to type the new currency symbol at the Symbol field and save the settings.

New Rupee Symbol for Newly Created Companies

When a new company is created in Tally.ERP 9 Release 3.0, the Base Currency Symbol will automatically display the New Indian Currency Symbol (), as India is by default set in Statutory compliance for field under Mailing & Contact Details in the Company Creation screen.

Note: In case you do not want to use the New Indian Currency Symbol while creating the company, you may type the required symbol under Base Currency Symbol field.

To convert to New Indian Currency symbol later, go to Company Alteration or Currency Alteration screen (Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info > Currencies > Alter) and press Ctrl+4 to type the new currency symbol at the Base Currency Symbol field and save the settings.

What do I do if New Rupee Symbol () does not appear in Tally.ERP 9?

Tally.ERP 9 Release 3.0 in 98/ME Operating Systems: Tally.ERP 9 Release 3.0 will display a box symbol (□) if your computer has Windows 98 or ME Edition as operating system. You will not be able to use the New Indian Rupee symbol as the above mentioned operating systems do not support UNICODE.