Which billing software is best for a retail shop?

For a counter-sale retail shop, the right billing software is one that bills, tracks stock, records outstandings, and keeps your GST and books in the same place. TallyPrime is built for that pattern. A barcode-first POS system suits a supermarket or apparel floor instead.

Can I use TallyPrime for billing without knowing accounting?

Yes. You raise the bill, and the accounting entry is created behind it. Most shop owners bill and check reports themselves, and involve an accountant or CA for review and filing.

Does TallyPrime work as a POS system?

TallyPrime is billing software built on your books, not a touchscreen POS with an integrated card machine. It suits shops where the price is decided at the counter rather than scanned. For a supermarket-style checkout floor, a dedicated POS product is the better fit.

Can TallyPrime track batches, expiry, and item identity?

Yes. TallyPrime tracks stock by batch with manufacturing and expiry dates, and by unlimited groups and categories such as brand, model, or colour. Serial-level tracking is commonly added through a Tally partner.

How do I track customer outstandings in TallyPrime?

TallyPrime tracks outstandings bill by bill, so you see which invoice is pending and for how long. Bills receivable and bills ageing analysis list what is due, and credit limits can be set per customer.

Does TallyPrime generate e-invoices and e-way bills?

Yes. Both are generated from the invoice you have already raised in TallyPrime, without re-entering data on a separate portal.

Can I access TallyPrime from my phone or from home?

Yes. TallyPrime Cloud Access lets you open the same company data from another location or device, so you can check reports without being at the shop PC.

Can TallyPrime be customised for my business?

Yes. Tally partners build everything from a single custom invoice format or report to full modules on TallyPrime Developer. Share your requirement with a partner to get a scope and cost.

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What a transport business faces everyday

Eight things every transporter, goods transport agency and logistics firm does, and what TallyPrime does about each.

Driver advances: Drivers take cash for diesel and tolls, and settle up after the trip.; Each driver’s advance tracked in their own account until settled
Fuel and tolls: Fuel and toll bills arrive every day, from every route.; Expenses recorded as they happen, scanned in where Docs by Ira is available
Hired vehicles: You hire trucks from owners and pay them per trip.; What you owe each owner, bill by bill, with TDS where it applies
Payments received: Customers pay by cheque, transfer or UPI against monthly bills.; Each receipt matched to the bill it settles
Cash and bank: Office cash and bank balances have to match the books.; Cash book updated with every entry, so the day’s cash is easy to check
Vehicle loans: Truck loans come with EMIs every month.; Loan accounts with principal and interest recorded on each EMI
Salaries: Drivers, cleaners and office staff are paid every month.; Payroll with statutory deductions
The books: The books have to be clean and easy for your CA to sign off.; Registers, outstandings and financial statements update automatically, with analytical tools for you and your CA.

What you carry changes.
How the business runs does not.

Whether you run a single truck, a fleet, a GTA booking office or a logistics company, TallyPrime is designed to manage it the way that best fits you.

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Your transport business and TallyPrime

The six that decide whether the software helps or gets in the way

In transport, the GST on a bill depends on who the customer is, the paperwork has to keep pace with the truck, and profit is decided vehicle by vehicle.

Freight billing

A bill that matches the LR

Customers check your freight bill against the LR, and a missing vehicle number or LR reference holds up payment. Loading and other charges belong on the same bill.

In TallyPrime, the LR and vehicle number print on the invoice with every charge, and the bill goes out on WhatsApp straight from the entry.

How your business benefits

Customers get a bill they can check and pay without queries.

GST route

The right GST route for every customer

Registered businesses and factories pay GST on your freight under reverse charge. Unregistered customers are exempt, except for goods ordered through an e-commerce platform.

Set up each kind of customer once in TallyPrime. Every bill then follows the right route, with the tax analysis printed and reported in GSTR-1.

How your business benefits

Every bill takes the right route without anyone working it out.

GST rate

5% without credit, or 18% with it

A GTA can charge 5% and claim no input credit, or 18% and claim full credit. Which suits you depends on how much GST you pay on trucks, tyres and repairs.

Choose your rate once in TallyPrime, and every freight bill carries it automatically, with nothing to look up when the bill is raised.

How your business benefits

The rate you opted for appears on every bill.

e-Way bills

Paperwork that keeps up with the truck

Vehicles change mid-route, trucks break down, and the vehicle number often isn’t known when the e-way bill is first raised.

Update Part B and the transporter ID, or extend validity, from inside TallyPrime, as often as needed while the e-way bill is valid.

How your business benefits

A vehicle change never leaves a truck waiting on paperwork.

Vehicle profitability

Know which truck earns, and which costs too much

A truck that’s always on the road can still lose money once diesel, tolls, repairs and the driver are paid. A weak vehicle easily hides behind good ones.

Set up each vehicle as a cost centre in TallyPrime, and its earnings and running costs come together as you record them, truck by truck.

How your business benefits

You know which trucks to keep, replace or redeploy.

Collections

Get paid for every trip

Freight runs on monthly credit, while diesel has to be paid for today. Chasing customers from memory leaves cash stuck for weeks.

TallyPrime shows who owes what and since when, and sends bills and reminders on WhatsApp with a payment link, so customers can pay on the spot.

How your business benefits

You know exactly whom to chase, and for how much.

The one real difference between transport businesses

What stock does a transport business carry?

A transporter’s stock isn’t the freight. Many carry no stock at all. Fleets with their own workshop keep spares, tyres and lubricants, and logistics firms may hold goods for clients. Whether you carry stock is a setup decision, not a different product, and TallyPrime lets you work the way that fits you.

How your stock is identified	Typical trades	How it is handled
No stock at all	Transporters using outside garages for repairs	Inventory switched off, so only accounting features appear
Location	Fleet operators with several depots, transporters with a workshop at each branch	Godown-wise stock with a location summary report, and transfers between depots and workshops
Unit conversions	Fleets that buy lubricants or fuel in bulk and issue them in smaller measures	Compound units where the conversion is fixed, such as a barrel in litres. Alternate units where it varies from one transaction to the next
Groups and categories	Workshops stocking spare parts, lubricants and batteries with a limited life	Stock groups by make, part type or size, with stock categories that classify items across groups
Third-party stock	Logistics and warehousing firms holding goods for clients	Separate godowns for client-owned stock, kept out of your own books of accounts

Connected and AI-led

Connected and AI capabilities in TallyPrime

The manual work has been taken out, one job at a time

Data entry and reconciliation that used to be done by hand now happen inside TallyPrime — fast, accurate, and in seconds.

Capability	What it replaces	The new experience in TallyPrime
Connected GST	Portal visits and manual uploads	Uploading invoices, reconciling, and filing returns directly from inside TallyPrime
Connected banking	Statement downloads, line-by-line matching, and separate payments	Download and auto-reconcile against the bank feed, and pay directly from TallyPrime
Docs by Ira	Typing purchase invoices in by hand	Scan or upload the document and AI creates the entry for your review, automatically
Bharat Connect	Chasing invoices and payments over phone and email	Your vendor sends the invoice straight into TallyPrime, and you approve it to record the entry
e-Invoice and e-way bill	A second portal and a second login	Generated instantly from the invoice you have already raised
TallyPrime with WhatsApp	Printing, scanning, and posting	Share invoices, orders, and reminders straight from the transaction

Beyond billing

Billing is where most transport businesses start

The same product carries the rest of the business, so nothing has to be replaced as the fleet grows.

Accounting Ledgers, registers and financial statements that build themselves from the bills you raise. Cost centres Income and expenses by vehicle, route or trip, grouped by fleet or branch. Banking Bank feeds downloaded and auto-reconciled, with payments made from inside TallyPrime. Inventory Spares and tyres by depot. Credit and cashflow Bill-by-bill receivables and payables, ageing analysis and reminders. Payroll Salaries for drivers, cleaners and office staff, in the same books. Reports and dashboards The state of the business on one screen, plus the detail behind every number. Users and security User roles and access controls as booking offices and branches come on board.

You are not buying a billing tool that will need replacing. Every module runs on the same data your freight bill created.

Control and access

What it is like to run a transport business on TallyPrime

Your books stay in your hands, wherever you are: on your own computer, backed up where you choose, and open from the road when you need them.

Your data stays with you
It sits on your computer, or on TallyPrime Cloud Access if you choose.
Back up where you choose
Use a local drive or TallyDrive, and restore whenever you need to.
Hand your books over in one file
Your CA or auditor gets a backup, not a stack of printouts.
Check the numbers from the road
Reports open in a browser on your phone or tablet.
Work from anywhere with Cloud Access
With a Cloud Access subscription, run TallyPrime through a browser, with no installation.
See who accessed what
Remote and browser access is recorded in an event log.

Individually these are conveniences. Together they are why businesses that start on Tally stay on it.

Proof

Real businesses, real outcomes

Outcomes reported by businesses running TallyPrime.

30% Lower operational costs

50% Less time to process an invoice

Instant New ledger setup

50% Less GST filing time

Fair Power Age Ltd Cut Invoice Processing Time by 50%

Read about how a distributor who deals with over 1000 invoices a month fast-tracked invoice processing time

GSTP Task & Associates Unlocks Client Inventory Insights in Minutes

From 3 days of pouring through books to 3 minutes of clicks on the computer for downloading client data

Running 20Cr+ operation in TallyPrime

10,000+ inventory items managed seamlessly with 600–700 purchase invoices reconciled in minutes

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FAQs

What is the GST rate on transport services by a GTA?

Since 22 September 2025, a goods transport agency can charge 5% GST without input tax credit, or 18% with full input tax credit. The earlier 12% option was replaced by 18%.

Who pays GST on freight: the transporter or the customer?

It depends on the customer. Registered persons, factories, societies, co-operatives, body corporates, partnership firms and casual taxable persons pay under reverse charge. GTA services to other unregistered customers are exempt. From 1 November 2026, though, that exemption doesn’t cover goods supplied through an e-commerce operator, and the GTA is responsible for the tax.

Can I choose to pay the GST myself instead of my customers?

Yes. A registered GTA can opt for forward charge by filing a declaration in Annexure V before the start of the financial year. It then charges GST at 5% or 18% on its own bills.

My business pays freight under reverse charge. How does TallyPrime handle it?

Record the freight as a purchase against a service ledger marked for reverse charge. The liability appears in GSTR-3B in section 3.1, Tax on Outward and Reverse Charge Inward Supplies. The Reverse Charge Supplies report shows the liability, the ITC booked, and any ITC still to be booked.

Can I update e-way bills when the vehicle changes?

Yes. Update Part B and the transporter ID online or offline, as many times as needed within the validity period, and extend validity for delays such as a breakdown.

Can I track profit for each vehicle?

Yes. Set up each vehicle as a cost centre, and its earnings and running costs come together as you record them.

Do I deduct TDS when I hire trucks?

Payments to contractors attract TDS under the Income-tax Act, 2025. No TDS is required on payments to a transporter who owns ten or fewer goods carriages during the year and gives you a declaration with their PAN.

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TallyPrime – The Best GST Software for Transport Services

Every freight bill on the right GST route, whether you pay the tax or your customer does.

What a transport business faces everyday

The six that decide whether the software helps or gets in the way

A bill that matches the LR

The right GST route for every customer

5% without credit, or 18% with it

Paperwork that keeps up with the truck

Know which truck earns, and which costs too much

Get paid for every trip

What stock does a transport business carry?

Connected and AI capabilities in TallyPrime

Billing is where most transport businesses start

What it is like to run a transport business on TallyPrime

Real businesses, real outcomes

Fair Power Age Ltd Cut Invoice Processing Time by 50%

GSTP Task & Associates Unlocks Client Inventory Insights in Minutes

Running 20Cr+ operation in TallyPrime

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