Requirements for Sales and Purchase Excel Sheets
Learn about the mandatory and optional fields required for creating compatible sales and purchase Excel sheets for Suvit and Tally. This guide includes step-by-step instructions for formatting, inputting data, and ensuring compliance for seamless integration.
What is Required for the Sales/Purchase Excel Sheet?
- To ensure your Excel sheet is compatible with Suvit and Tally, you need to include specific mandatory fields and optional fields based on your requirements.
For Sales/Purchase Excel Sheet
Mandatory Fields (Without Stock Items):
- Reference No: A unique number for each transaction, such as INV001 or SALE2025 or PURCHASE2025.
- Invoice Date: The date of the transaction in formats like DD-MM-YYYY.
- Party Name: The name of the client or customer as recorded in Tally, such as John Doe or ABC Pvt Ltd.
- Particular (Sales /Purchase Ledger): The name of the sales/purchase account, like GST Ledger, for example, Local GST 18% or Purchase GST 18%
- Amount: The total price before tax (taxable amount), such as 10,000.
Mandatory Fields (With Stock Items):
- Reference No: A unique number for each transaction, such as INV001 or SALE2025 or PURCHASE2025.
- Invoice Date: The date of the transaction in formats like DD-MM-YYYY .
- Party Name: The name of the client or customer as recorded in Tally, such as John Doe or ABC Pvt Ltd.
- Particular (Sales /Purchase Ledger): The name of the sales/purchase account, like GST Ledger, for example, Local GST 18% or Purchase GST 18% .
- Name of Item: The name of the product sold, such as Laptop or Mobile.
- Quantity: You can choose quantity (number of units sold, e.g., 5)
- Amount And Rate: You can choose either Rate OR Amount. (Quantity x Rate = Amount and Amount / Quantity = Rate)
Optional Fields (For Both Sales and Purchase Sheets):
- GST No: GST Identification Number of the client or vendor.
- Place of Supply: Location where goods or services were delivered, such as Maharashtra or Delhi.
- SGST, CGST, IGST: Taxes applied, useful for manual calculations.
- Total Amount: The grand total, including taxes, for validation purposes.
How to Modify the Excel Sheet
Step 1 - Create Mandatory Columns
Open your Excel file and ensure the following columns are included:
- For Sales/Purchase without stock: Reference No, Invoice Date, Party Name, Sales/Purchase Ledger, Amount.
- For Sales/Purchase with stock: Add Name of Item, Quantity and Rate or Amount.
- Dates: Use a consistent format like DD-MM-YYYY.
- Amounts: It should be in Number Format , 10000.00.
- GST Numbers: Use the standard 15-character GST number format.
Step 3 - Add Optional Columns
Include columns for GST No, Place of Supply, or Total Amount if needed for additional tracking or compliance.
How to Input Data into the Excel Sheet
- Step 1 - Input Reference Numbers: Assign unique numbers for each transaction, such as INV001 or INV002.
- Step 2 - Enter Invoice or Purchase Dates: Add the exact date of the transaction, for example, 27-05-2025.
- Step 3 - Add Party Names: Input the names of clients or vendors exactly as they appear in Tally, such as Suvit or XYZ Pvt Ltd.
- Step 4 - Fill in the Sales or Purchase Ledger: Use the correct GST Ledger account name, like Local GST 18%, Sales GST 18%, Purchase 18%.
- Step 5 - List Items (If Applicable): For transactions involving stock, enter the name of the item, quantity, and rate (choose one if mapping).
- Step 6 - Taxable Amount: Specify the amount on which the GST will apply.
- Step 7 - Include Optional Details (If Required): Add GST numbers, taxes like SGST/CGST/IGST, and place of supply if necessary.
Example of a Completed Excel Sheet
- Here is the two sets of table with your data inserted in form of Without Stock and With Stock:
Without Stock Item
Reference No | Invoice Date | Party Name | Sales/Purchase Ledger | Amount | GST No | Place of Supply |
INV001 | 28-01-2025 | John Doe | Local GST 18% | 50000 | 24ABCDE1234FZ | Gujarat |
INV002 | 29-01-2025 | ABC Pvt Ltd | Interstate GST 18% | 20000 | 29BCDEF5678XZ | Karnataka |
INV003 | 30-01-2025 | XYZ Corp | Local GST 18% | 30000 | 24XYZ1234ABC | Gujarat |
With Stock
Reference No | Invoice Date | Party Name | Sales/Purchase Ledger | Name of Item | Qty | Rate | Amount | GST No | Place of Supply |
INV001 | 28-01-2025 | John Doe | Local GST 18% | Laptop | 2 | 50000 | 100000 | 24ABCDE1234FZ | Gujarat |
INV002 | 29-01-2025 | ABC Pvt Ltd | Interstate GST 18% | Mobile | 5 | 20000 | 100000 | 29BCDEF5678XZ | Karnataka |
INV003 | 30-01-2025 | XYZ Corp | Local GST 18% | Tablet | 3 | 30000 | 90000 | 24XYZ1234ABC | Gujarat |
Final Steps
- Save the Excel file in .xlsx or .csv format.
Sample Excel Sheet
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- Upload it to Suvit for mapping to Tally:
- Validate the data and verify that all fields are mapped correctly.
PRO TIPS
- Use Minus: ( - ) Symbol for such as Discount, round off
- Party Name: Use same name from Tally
- Always use defined a GST Rate Sales/Purchase Account ledger
- In Stock Item define GST the Rate
- Add additional row in the end. For example: TDS, Voucher Number, Consignee Details Dispatch details etc.