Creating VAT, Purchase Tax and Surcharge Ledgers (Haryana)

VAT Ledger grouped under Duties & Taxes

VAT Ledger grouped under Current Assets

Purchase Tax Ledger

Surcharge Ledger

VAT Ledger - Duties & Taxes

To create a common VAT ledger

1.     Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create.

2.     Enter the Name of the VAT ledger.

3.     Select Duties & Taxes in the Under field.

4.     Select Types of Duty/Tax as VAT.

5.     Set Use for Purchase Tax to No.

6.     Press Enter to skip the Percentage of Calculation field. The Ledger Creation screen appears as shown below:

7.     Press Enter to save.

Similarly, create a CST ledger under Duties & Taxes,  by selecting CST as the Type of Duty/Tax.

Note: To create a rate specific VAT ledger, enter the tax rate in Percentage of Calculation field. Based on the tax rate entered, the tax amount gets calculated in the invoice.

VAT Ledger - Current Assets or Current Liabilities

To create a tax ledger grouped under Current Assets

1.     Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create.

2.     Enter the Name of the VAT ledger.

3.     Select Current Assets in the Under field.

4.     Click F12: Configure, enable the option Allow creation of tax ledgers under other groups and save the Master Configuration screen.

5.     Enable the option Behave as Duties & Taxes.

6.     Select Types of Duty/Tax as VAT.

7.     Set Use for Purchase Tax to No.

8.     Do not enter the VAT rate in Percentage of Calculation field. The Ledger Creation screen appears as shown below:

9.     Press Enter to save.

If rate specific VAT ledger has to be created, enter the tax rate in Percentage of Calculation field. Based on the tax rate entered, the tax amount gets calculated in the invoice.

Purchase Tax Ledger

To create a common ledger for purchase tax

1.     Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create.

2.     Enter the Name of the VAT ledger.

3.     Select Duties & Taxes in the Under field.

4.     Select Types of Duty/Tax as VAT.

5.     Set Use for Purchase Tax to Yes.

6.     Do not enter the VAT rate in Percentage of Calculation field. The Ledger Creation screen appears as shown below:

7.     Press Enter to save.

If rate specific VAT ledger has to be created, enter the tax rate in Percentage of Calculation field. Based on the tax rate entered, the tax amount gets calculated in the invoice.

Surcharge Ledger

To create a common ledger for surcharge

1.     Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create.

2.     Enter the Name of the VAT ledger.

3.     Select Duties & Taxes in the Under field.

4.     Select Types of Duty/Tax as Surcharge.

5.     Do not enter the VAT rate in Percentage of Calculation field. The Ledger Creation screen appears as shown below:

6.     Press Enter to save.