1. Which version of Tally does your migration tool support?
MMC can migrate from Tally Prime and Tally.ERP 9 to Zoho Books.
2. What is included in the Tally to Zoho migration?
Our migration service includes master data (Customers, Vendors, Items, Chart of Accounts), opening balances, transactional data (Invoices, Bills, Payments, Receipts, Journals, contra), and tax configurations—ensuring continuity and accuracy in your Zoho Books account.
3. How long does the migration take?
Depending on the volume and complexity of your data, the migration typically takes 3 to 7 business days. We’ll provide a timeline after assessing your Tally data.
4. Can you migrate data from multiple financial years?
Yes. We can migrate multiple years of data based on your requirements. You can choose to migrate only the current year or historical data as well.
5. Will you help me configure Zoho Books after migration?
Absolutely. We assist with basic setup, user training, and post-migration support to ensure a smooth transition to Zoho Books.
6. Is the migration secure?
Yes. We follow strict data confidentiality protocols, We are ISO 27001 certified, we use secure file transfer methods, and sign NDAs on request to safeguard your business information.
7. What is field mapping in Tally to Zoho Books migration?
Field mapping refers to the process of associating specific fields in Tally with corresponding fields in Zoho Books. This ensures that the data from your Tally system is transferred correctly to Zoho Books, without data loss or corruption.
8. What are the key data points mapped from Tally to Zoho Books? Here are the most common Functions and their corresponding mappings between Tally and Zoho Books:
| Tally | Zoho Books | Description |
|---|
| Company | Organization | The main business entity you manage books for. |
| Ledger | Chart of Accounts / Account | Tally’s ledger accounts will be mapped to Zoho’s chart of accounts. |
| Voucher | Transaction / Entry | Tally voucher types (Sales, Purchase, Journal, etc.) will be mapped to Zoho's corresponding transaction types. |
| Sales Voucher | Sales Invoice | Invoice created for sales of goods/services. |
| Purchase Voucher | Purchase Bill | Entry for purchase of goods/services. |
| Payment Voucher | Payment Made / Expense | Agst Payment of Tally will be mapped to Payment Made in Zoho. Apart from this, all the payments will be mapped to expenses. |
| Receipt Voucher | Payment Received / Deposit | Agst Receipt of Tally will be mapped to Payment Received in Zoho. Apart from this, all the payments will be mapped to Deposits. |
| Contra Voucher | Funds Transfer | Contra voucher of Tally will be mapped to fund transfer in Zoho. |
| Journal Voucher | Manual Journal | Journal voucher of Tally will be mapped to Manual journals in Zoho. |
| Debit Note | Vendor Credit | Debit Note voucher of Tally will be mapped to Vendor Credit in Zoho. |
| Credit Note | Credit Note | Credit Note voucher of Tally will be mapped to Credit Note in Zoho. |
| Stock Item | Item | Stock Item of Tally will be mapped to Item in Zoho. |
| Stock Group | Item Group | Stock Group of Tally will be mapped to Item Group in Zoho. |
| Location | Location | Location of Tally will be mapped to Location in Zoho. |
| Cost Centre | Reporting Tags | Cost Centre of Tally will be mapped to Reporting Tags in Zoho. |
| Batches | Batches | Batches of Tally will be mapped to Batches in Zoho. |
| Bill of Materials (BoM) | Composite Item | Bill of Materials (BoM) of Tally will be mapped to Composite Item in Zoho. |
| Billing Address | Billing Address | Customer billing address in Tally will be transferred to the corresponding billing address in Zoho. |
| Shipping Address | Shipping Address | Customer’s shipping address from Tally will be mapped to Zoho’s shipping address field. |
| Sales Order | Sales Order | |
| Purchase Order | Purchase Order | |
| Delivery Note | Delivery Challan | |
| Receipt Note | Purchase Receipt | |
| Stock Journals | Transfer Orders | |
| Tax Rates | Tax Details | Tally tax rates and groups will be mapped to corresponding tax rates in Zoho. |
Note: Few of the above functions are available in Zoho Inventory module and not in the core Zoho Books module, hence depending on your subscription, we shall map the Tally function to the respective Zoho function and we might have to ignore the functions in Tally which are not present in your subscribed Zoho module.
9. Why I cannot see the full narration in migration of ‘Payment’ function from Tally to ‘Expense’ function in Zoho Books?
MMC migrates the ‘narration’ from Tally as ‘Notes’ in Zoho Books. Since Zoho Books has a limitation of 100 characters in the ‘notes’ field, hence the extra characters over and above 100 are not brought forward by MMC.
10. How is the Reference number brought forward from Tally to Zoho Books in various functions?| Tally Function Name | Zoho Books Function Name | Zoho Reference |
|---|
| Payment | Expense | P/(Reference Number) |
| Receipt | Deposit | R/(Reference Number) |
| Contra | Transfer Fund | C/(Reference Number) |
11. How are Chart of Account Types mapped between Tally and Zoho Books?| Tally | Zoho Books |
|---|
| Loans and Advances (Asset) | Other Asset |
| Bank Accounts | Bank |
| Bank OD A/c | Other Current Liability |
| Branch / Divisions | Customer/Vendor Master |
| Capital Account | Equity |
| Cash-in-Hand | Cash |
| Current Assets | Other Current Asset |
| Current Liabilities | Other Current Liability |
| Deposits (Asset) | Other Asset |
| Direct Expenses | Cost of Goods Sold |
| Direct Incomes | Income |
| Duties & Taxes | Other Current Liability |
| Indirect Expenses | Other Expense |
| Indirect Incomes | Other Income |
| Intangible Assets | Other Asset |
| Investments | Other Asset |
| Loans & Advances (Asset) | Other Asset |
| Loans (Liability) | Other Liability |
| Misc. Expenses (ASSET) | Other Asset |
| Provisions | Other Current Liability |
| Purchase Accounts | Cost of Goods Sold |
| Reserves & Surplus | Equity |
| Sales Accounts | Income |
| Sales Return | Income |
| Secured Loans | Other Liability |
| Suspense A/c | Other Expense |
| Fixed Assets | Fixed Asset |
| Unsecured Loans | Other Liability |
12. How are inventory items and stock values handled in migration?
Inventory Items: All products and stock items in Tally are mapped to Inventory Items in Zoho Books.
Tracked Inventory: As we bring historical data and bring Invoices and Bills in bulk, we cannot track the inventory in Zoho during the migration process. Post migration, your team has to create a copy of the item and track them by adding the opening quantity in Zoho. You can choose to archive the Items created by MMC for your ongoing accounting.
13. How are GST/VAT settings mapped from Tally to Zoho Books?
GST/VAT Tax Slabs: All tax slabs configured in Tally (CGST, SGST, IGST) will be mapped to the corresponding tax rates in Zoho Books.
Tax Groups: Tally’s tax groups (like GST tax groups) will be mapped to Zoho's tax groups to ensure correct calculation of taxes during invoicing.
Tax Treatment: The tax treatment settings in Tally (whether applicable, exempt, etc.) will be mirrored in Zoho's tax settings. In Tally, if the applied tax and actual Tax amount differ, We take applied tax and for the purpose of the migration, we pass a rounding entry in Zoho and allocate it to the Tax account.
14. How are customers and vendors migrated from Tally to Zoho Books?
Customer Information: Customer name, address, email, phone numbers, and other details from Tally are mapped to the corresponding customer fields in Zoho Books.
Vendor Information: Similar to customers, vendor information like name, contact details, and other information are mapped to the vendor fields in Zoho Books.
15. How do you handle the effect of ‘Tracked Inventory’ during migration from Tally to ZohoBooks?
Inventory Items: All products and stock items in Tally are mapped to Inventory Items in Zoho Books.
Tracked Inventory: As we bring historical data and bring Invoices and Bills in bulk, we cannot track the inventory in Zoho during the migration process. Post migration, your team has to create a copy of the item and track them by adding the opening quantity in Zoho. You can choose to archive the Items created by MMC for your ongoing accounting.
16. What happens to transactions such as sales, purchases, and journal entries during the migration?
Sales and Purchase Invoices: These will be mapped as Sales Invoices and Purchase Invoices in Zoho Books, preserving the transaction dates, amounts, and tax details.
Journal Entries: Journal entries, including general ledgers, are mapped as Journal Entries in Zoho Books, maintaining the accounting integrity.
Payment/Receipts: Payments and receipts recorded in Tally will be transferred as payments/receipts in Zoho Books, linked to the respective invoices.
16. What happens to transactions such as sales, purchases, and journal entries during the migration?
Sales and Purchase Invoices: These will be mapped as Sales Invoices and Purchase Invoices in Zoho Books, preserving the transaction dates, amounts, and tax details.
Journal Entries: Journal entries, including general ledgers, are mapped as Journal Entries in Zoho Books, maintaining the accounting integrity.
Payment/Receipts: Payments and receipts recorded in Tally will be transferred as payments/receipts in Zoho Books, linked to the respective invoices.
17. Account Receivable and Accounts Payable nature Journal entries in Tally
Account Receivable and Accounts Payable nature of entries that are passed as journals in tally are brought as Journal in Zoho as well.
18. How is opening balance handled during migration?
Opening balances for all accounts, and customers/vendors are transferred directly from Tally to Zoho Books.
Bank balances: Will be mapped to Zoho’s bank accounts.
Customer/vendor balances: Will be transferred as outstanding invoices in Zoho Books.
Account balances: All balance sheet accounts (assets, liabilities, etc.) are mapped to the corresponding accounts in Zoho Books.
19. Can I customize the mapping of fields between Tally and Zoho Books?
No, MMC’s migration tool is built on standardised mapping, having said that, we have tried to map as many custom fields of Tally to the fields provided in Zoho.
20. Is support available if issues arise during migration? Yes, MMC Convert offers 16/6 customer support for all users. Our dedicated support team will assist with:
- Addressing any issues during the migration.
- Providing additional assistance on customizations.
- Ensuring that all data is mapped accurately.
- You can reach out to us at [email protected] or call/WhatsApp on +91 99264 77000.
21. What happens to cancelled vouchers in Tally ?
The cancelled vouchers are not migrated from Tally to Zoho Books.
22. How are multi-currency transactions handled during migration from Tally to Zoho Books? When migrating financial data from Tally to Zoho Books, multi-currency transactions are carefully mapped to preserve accuracy and continuity.
Here’s how the migration handles each aspect:
- Currency Conversion: All currencies configured in Tally are mapped to the appropriate foreign currency records in Zoho Books. This includes the base currency and any additional currencies used in sales, purchases, or accounting.
- Exchange Rates: The exchange rates applied to each transaction in Tally are captured and imported into Zoho Books. This ensures that transaction values, gains, or losses remain consistent with the original records.
- Bank Accounts: If your bank accounts in Tally are denominated in foreign currencies, Zoho Books will maintain this structure. It allows for accurate tracking of balances, foreign currency transactions, and real-time exchange rate adjustments in your financial reports.
23. Do you bring attachments like PDF files etc attached to source documents like invoices, bills, income, expense transactions etc ?
No, Since attachments come through custom TDL on a case to case basis, for now, we do not bring attachments through our migration tool.
24. How do I ensure the accuracy of the migration once MMC has confirmed that the conversion is complete?
MMC provides 4 QA Reports on the completion of the conversion to confirm the accuracy of the migration:-
(a) Comparative Trial Balance
(b) Comparative Aged Receivables
(c) Comparative Aged Payables
(d) Comparative Profit & Loss
25. I have customized the invoice template ? Does that also get migrated?
No, we do not migrate the invoice template as part of our migration process.
26. Do you bring E-way Bills from Tally?
No, Currently, we do not bring E-way bills from Tally
27. Can the client use Tally while the migration is still undergoing with MMC?
MMC uses the Tally backup file with a certain cut-off date (generally the date on which tally backup is provided by you). You can still use Tally for ongoing book-keeping while the migration is undergoing. Having said that, you will have to manually re-enter these transactions in Zoho Books after the cut-off date once MMC confirms that the migration is complete.
28. When can I activate bank feeds in Zoho Books?
You can activate the bank feeds in Zoho Books, only after MMC confirms the completion of the migration. Please note that you should select the start date of getting transactions directly through bank feed in Zoho Books only after the cut-off date set for the migration purposes.
29. Can I use the MMC migration tool myself?
MMC uses inhouse automated migration tool to migrate data from Tally to Zoho Books. That being said, we do have a human QA process involved, to ensure the accuracy of data being migrated before confirming to you that the migration is complete in all respects and providing you QA reports. As of now, the migration tool would be run by the MMC team only. You will have to provide the Tally backup file to MMC, and MMC shall execute the migration. Moving forward, it is in the project path of MMC to hand over this migration tool to you so that you can directly migrate clients at your end.
31. What are the things that are usually converted by MMC, usually not converted by MMC and any workarounds used?What We Convert:- Chart of Accounts
- Customer Details
- Supplier Details
- Opening Account Balances
- Aged Receivables
- Aged Payables
- Bank Transactions (Includes Invoice payments, Bill payments and other Bank Transactions)
(All Bank Transactions reconciled as it was done in Tally) - Credit Card Accounts (converted as Tally Bank Accounts)
- Cost Centres and Cost Categories (comes as "Tracking Category" in Zoho Books)
- Items (comes as "Inventory" in Zoho Books)
- Items detailed
- All Invoices and Credit Notes Detailed
- All Bills and Credit Notes Detailed
- Allocation of Credit Notes against Invoices and Bills
- Payment Terms
- All Manual Journals
- Sales Orders
- Purchase Orders
- Delivery Note
- Receipt Note
- The entire conversion and matching of Reports are done on ACCRUAL Basis.
- We make our best attempt to give you the exact image of your Tally data, however, due to the limitations of a few fields which are different in Tally and Zoho Books, we might have to use some workarounds to bring the transactions.
What we do not convert: - Budgets
- Tracking the Inventory
- E-way Bills
- Customer / Vendor Groups
- Memorised Transactions
- Custom VAT Rates
- Invoice Templates
- Repeating Invoices or Bills
- Deleted/cancelled Transactions
- Transaction lines with Nil Values
- Time Sheets
- Individual Pay Runs for the conversion period
- Attachments
WorkArounds: (a) If a customer or vendor contact in Tally does not have a GST number or has invalid GST number, then we use the below dummy GST number, based on the state of the customer or vendor:-
| S. No. | States | GST No |
|---|
| 1 | Jammu and Kashmir | 01ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 02ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 3 | Punjab | 03ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 04ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 5 | Uttarakhand | 05ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 6 | Haryana | 06ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 7 | Delhi | 07ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 08ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | 09ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 10 | Bihar | 10ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 11 | Sikkim | 11ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 12 | Arunachal Pradesh | 12ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 13 | Nagaland | 13ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 14 | Manipur | 14ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 15 | Mizoram | 15ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 16 | Tripura | 16ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 17ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 18 | Assam | 18ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 19 | West Bengal | 19ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 20 | Jharkhand | 20ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 21 | Odisha | 21ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 22 | Chhattisgarh | 22ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 23 | Madhya Pradesh | 23ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 24 | Gujarat | 24ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 25 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 26ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 26 | Maharashtra | 27ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 27 | Karnataka | 29ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 28 | Goa | 30ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 29 | Lakshadweep | 31ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 30 | Kerala | 32ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 33ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 32 | Puducherry | 34ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 33 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 35ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 34 | Telangana | 36ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 35 | Andhra Pradesh | 37ABCDE1234F5G6 |
| 36 | Ladakh | 38ABCDE1234F5G6 |
(b) In cases where a customer uses a custom 'Account Type' in Tally, we map the corresponding 'Nature of Group' from Tally to the appropriate 'Chart of Accounts' type in Zoho Books.
(c) If in tally voucher number is duplicate or blank, we use Backend ID of Tally to avoid duplicacy.
(d) Overdue receivables and payables will be imported as single-line invoices and bills dated as of the opening balance migration date.
(e) We do bring advance payments received and paid in Zoho, however we do not allocate them to the Invoices and Bills.