On 08/01/07 22:07 +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote: > Devdas Bhagat wrote: > >On 06/01/07 17:55 +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote: > ><snip> > > > >>Huh ? > >>Tally works with double entry accounting. > >>Where did you get the idea that tally does not follow double entry > >>accounting ? > >> > > > >One of the few things about double entry accounting I remember is that > >deletion was not allowed. I may be wrong, though. > > > >Devdas Bhagat > > > Double Entry accounting specifies that for every entry that is made in > the accounts, there has to be 2 parts, one being the credit and the > other being debit and that the total of the debits should be equal to > the total of the credits. It does not say anywhere that you can not > delete an entry. You are very much allowed to delete entries, though it > is frowned on by all good accountants and auditors. > You are supposed to add a negative entry to achieve the same goal. Allowing deletions also allows fraud. <snip> > switch. Only problem is that there is no Indian Accounting software that > is any better. So you are stuck. > So why not contribute to AVSAP?
> BTW, I am yet to see Tally Linux. I doubt if the dealers or even Tally > customer support would have heard of it. It is a statement that they > have been making for a loooong time and can be classified with vaporware. > Is that Tally on Linux, or a Linux distro from Tally? Tally on Linux is supported on RHEL and SuSE, only, afaik. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
