Your accountant keeps Tally. Nobody retypes the invoices.
Most Indian agencies close the books in Tally, and most of them get there by someone keying every invoice in twice. Ancor exports your invoices, credit notes and payments as TallyPrime vouchers, with the GST split on the ledgers you already use.
Last reviewed: 7 October 2026
How does Ancor work with Tally?
Ancor is where the agency raises invoices; Tally stays the ledger. For any date range, Ancor downloads a TallyPrime Import Data XML file, or a CSV, containing Sales vouchers for invoices, Credit Note vouchers and Receipt vouchers for payments, with output CGST, SGST and IGST on separate ledgers whose names you set. Your accountant imports the file into the Tally company. It is an export, not a live sync.
Three voucher types, every one of them balanced.
| Ancor record | Tally voucher | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice | Sales | Client debited against a new bill reference; sales and output CGST, SGST or IGST credited |
| Credit note | Credit Note | Reverses the sale and tax against the original invoice |
| Payment | Receipt | Bank or cash debited; client credited against the invoice reference |
Ledger and voucher type names are set in Settings > Organization > Tally ledgers. Defaults are provided.
Nothing goes in twice, and nothing goes in guessed.
- Drafts are left out. Only invoices that were actually raised are exported.
- No double entry from imports. Invoices you imported from another tool, and their payments, are excluded, because they are already in your books.
- Foreign currency at the stored rate. Export invoices go in at the INR rate recorded when they were raised. One with no rate is left out and listed for you to fix.
- GST split preserved. CGST plus SGST for intra-state supplies, IGST for inter-state, exactly as invoiced.
Raised from the work, then sent to Tally.
The invoices in the file are the ones Ancor drafted from the work: retainer and recurring invoices on schedule, overage drafts from a retainer's scope, invoices from approved, unbilled hours on time-and-materials projects, and milestone invoices on fixed fee. INR invoices carry a UPI QR for the client to pay. When the payment arrives you record it in Ancor, and it goes to Tally as a Receipt in the next export.
Ancor feeds Tally. It does not replace it.
- No live, two-way sync. The export is a file you import; changes made in Tally do not flow back.
- GST returns, IRN e-invoicing and e-way bills stay with Tally or your GSP.
- Purchases and vendor bills are not in Ancor, so they are not in the export.
Tally export. The questions your accountant will ask.
Does Ancor integrate with Tally?
Ancor exports to Tally rather than syncing live. For any date range you download a TallyPrime Import Data XML file, or a CSV, with your invoices, credit notes and payments as vouchers, and your accountant imports it into Tally. Ancor can also read an ageing file exported from Tally.
Which vouchers does the export create?
Sales vouchers for invoices (the client debited against a new bill reference, sales and output CGST, SGST or IGST credited), Credit Note vouchers that reverse against the original invoice, and Receipt vouchers for payments (bank or cash debited, the client credited against the invoice). Every voucher balances.
Can I use my own ledger names?
Yes. Sales, tax, bank and cash ledger names and the voucher type names are set once in Ancor's organisation settings, with sensible defaults, so the import lands on the ledgers that already exist in your Tally company.
How are invoices in foreign currency exported?
At the exchange rate stored on the invoice when it was raised. An invoice with no stored rate is left out of the file and listed, so nothing goes in at a guessed value.
Are drafts exported?
No. Drafts are left out, and so are invoices imported from another tool and their payments, so nothing is entered in Tally twice.