Sales tax and VAT software for TallyPrime
TallyPrime files GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B straight to the GST portal and sends your e-invoices to the IRP. India is the only tax regime it files. Sell to a customer in the United States or the EU and that obligation sits outside your books entirely. Commenda registers you, tracks the thresholds, and files across all 50 states and 70+ countries.
Trusted by global businesses
Know where you owe outside India
TallyPrime tracks the GSTINs you have. Commenda measures the same sales against economic and physical thresholds in all 50 US states and 70+ countries, and notifies you at 80% of a registration threshold.
Tax the invoice TallyPrime records as zero-rated
An export under LUT or bond carries no Indian GST. The US state or the EU country your customer sits in can still want its own tax on that sale. Commenda calculates it.
Register and file where TallyPrime has no return
TallyPrime files GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and CMP-08 to the GST portal. India is the only regime it files. Commenda registers and files across all 50 states and 70+ countries.
Coverage comparison
What TallyPrime covers, and where it stops at the border
TallyPrime is a capable India GST product, so the first two rows go its way. Its figures come from Tally's own pages on filing GSTR-1, uploading GSTR-1, e-invoicing, GSTR-2B reconciliation, and exports under LUT, checked on July 30, 2026.
GST on the invoices you raise in India
- Tally Prime
- Handled. Place of supply drives the CGST, SGST or IGST split per line
- Commenda
- Left where it is. TallyPrime already does this job well
Filing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B
- Tally Prime
- Handled. Uploaded and filed from Release 5.0 with DSC or EVC
- Commenda
- Not ours. India returns stay with your accountant, and we hold your GSTIN, PAN and TAN
Tax on a sale to a US customer
- Tally Prime
- Not handled. An export is recorded zero-rated and reported in table 6A
- Commenda
- Calculated to state, county, city and district on every US transaction
Registering abroad to collect that tax
- Tally Prime
- Not handled. It reports against the GSTINs you already hold
- Commenda
- Permits in all 50 states, EU VAT with OSS and IOSS, and GST across APAC and Canada
Filing returns outside India
- Tally Prime
- Not handled. Its return formats are GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and CMP-08
- Commenda
- Filed across 70+ countries from one platform, amendments included
Knowing when you cross a foreign threshold
- Tally Prime
- Not handled. A country you never registered in appears in no report
- Commenda
- Economic and physical thresholds tracked, with alerts at 80% before you cross
Exemption certificates from US customers
- Tally Prime
- Not handled. It validates a GSTIN, which is a different document
- Commenda
- Collected, validated, stored, and applied automatically where valid
| Tally Prime |  | |
|---|---|---|
| GST on the invoices you raise in India | Handled. Place of supply drives the CGST, SGST or IGST split per line | Left where it is. TallyPrime already does this job well |
| Filing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B | Handled. Uploaded and filed from Release 5.0 with DSC or EVC | Not ours. India returns stay with your accountant, and we hold your GSTIN, PAN and TAN |
| Tax on a sale to a US customer | Not handled. An export is recorded zero-rated and reported in table 6A | Calculated to state, county, city and district on every US transaction |
| Registering abroad to collect that tax | Not handled. It reports against the GSTINs you already hold | Permits in all 50 states, EU VAT with OSS and IOSS, and GST across APAC and Canada |
| Filing returns outside India | Not handled. Its return formats are GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and CMP-08 | Filed across 70+ countries from one platform, amendments included |
| Knowing when you cross a foreign threshold | Not handled. A country you never registered in appears in no report | Economic and physical thresholds tracked, with alerts at 80% before you cross |
| Exemption certificates from US customers | Not handled. It validates a GSTIN, which is a different document | Collected, validated, stored, and applied automatically where valid |
Calculate taxes globally on TallyPrime using Commenda
TallyPrime works out CGST, SGST, IGST and cess from the place of supply. On an export it applies nothing, because the supply is zero-rated. Commenda calculates on the same transaction instead: state, county, city and district for a US sale, and the right VAT rate for an EU one. Product taxability is applied per jurisdiction rather than per invoice.
Track your global exposure from TallyPrime
TallyPrime reports against the GSTINs you registered, so a country you have never registered in shows up nowhere. Commenda reads your transaction history and measures it against thresholds in all 50 states, every EU member state, and 70+ countries. A short questionnaire covers physical presence too, because a contractor or a warehouse never appears on a sales voucher.
Automatically remit transactions around the world
TallyPrime prepares and files GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B, and that is where its return formats end. Commenda builds the foreign return straight from your TallyPrime data, so nothing gets exported or re-keyed. Returns go out across all 50 states, EU VAT with OSS and IOSS, and GST in APAC and Canada, with amendments where a period needs correcting.
Manage your customers and exemptions in one place
TallyPrime validates a GSTIN against the GST portal. A US resale certificate and an EU VAT number are a different job, and neither is something the GST portal knows about. Commenda validates the tax ID on the customer record, collects exemption certificates through a portal your customers upload to, and applies each one automatically in the states where it is valid.
Consolidation
Why TallyPrime cannot see your foreign exposure
Your Indian compliance is in good shape. The problem starts at the border, where an export leaves your books as a zero-rated line and picks up an obligation nobody in India reports on. Commenda covers that side.
Zero-rated in India does not mean untaxed everywhere
An export under a letter of undertaking leaves India with no IGST on it, and TallyPrime reports it in table 6A of GSTR-1. That is correct Indian treatment and it says nothing about what the buyer's country wants. A software subscription sold to a customer in Texas or Germany can carry a local obligation that no Indian return captures, at a rate you can look up in our sales tax rate calculator.
TallyPrime reports against the registrations you hold
Its GST reports are built around the GSTINs on your company, and its GSTR-2A and GSTR-2B reconciliation compares what you booked against what your suppliers filed. Both are checks on registrations you already have. A US state you have sold into for two years without registering produces no row anywhere, even once you pass its economic nexus threshold. Reading the transactions is the only way to find it.
Your books sit on a machine in your office
Tally's own recommended system configuration is Windows on your own hardware, single user for Silver and a LAN for Gold. That is a real constraint on any integration and we plan around it rather than pretend otherwise. We agree the extract, the fields, and the cadence during setup, and it runs from your data without engineering work on your side.
One ledger behind every channel
TallyPrime is rarely the only place revenue lands. A storefront, a payment gateway, and a foreign subsidiary all produce sales that matter to a threshold. Every source connects to one ledger, across 100+ supported integrations. Each transaction carries its origin, its product tax code, and any tax already collected, so you get one exposure figure per jurisdiction and one return per period.
Cost and dependencies
What global indirect tax takes in TallyPrime
Tally publishes list pricing in rupees, so the cost rows here are Tally's own figures. Tax features are not gated by edition: Silver and Gold differ on how many users can work at once. What gates the compliance work is your TSS subscription and the GST portal.
| What you need | What TallyPrime costs or requires | Source |
|---|---|---|
| TallyPrime Silver, one user | ₹22,500 plus 18% GST for a perpetual licence, or ₹8,100 plus 18% GST for twelve months of rental | Buy TallyPrime |
| TallyPrime Gold, unlimited users on a LAN | ₹67,500 plus 18% GST perpetual, or ₹24,300 plus 18% GST for twelve months. Both editions carry the same feature set, so tax is not gated by edition | Buy TallyPrime |
| Generating an e-invoice online | An active TSS subscription. Tally states a valid TSS subscription is necessary to use TallyPrime for generating an e-Invoice online | e-Invoice FAQ |
| e-invoicing once TSS lapses | Offline JSON export only, from Release 1.1 or later. To print the QR code you need a valid TSS to fetch the details back | e-Way Bill FAQ |
| Uploading and filing GSTR-1 or GSTR-3B from inside TallyPrime | Release 5.0 or later, API access enabled on the GST portal, and DSC or EVC selected as your filing method | File GSTR-1 |
| Getting an IRN at all on a late invoice | Thirty days from the invoice date if your aggregate turnover is ₹10 crore or more, effective 1 April 2025. The portal rejects it after that | e-invoicing rules |
| A VAT return for a country outside India | A different Tally edition. Tally publishes a MENA edition covering VAT across six GCC countries, and statutory features follow the country the company is set up for | TallyPrime MENA |
| Anything on US sales tax or EU VAT | Not documented. Neither sales tax calculation nor state return filing appears in the feature set of Tally's US edition, and an export leaves India as a zero-rated line | LUT filing guide |
TallyPrime Silver, one user
₹22,500 plus 18% GST for a perpetual licence, or ₹8,100 plus 18% GST for twelve months of rental
Buy TallyPrimeTallyPrime Gold, unlimited users on a LAN
₹67,500 plus 18% GST perpetual, or ₹24,300 plus 18% GST for twelve months. Both editions carry the same feature set, so tax is not gated by edition
Buy TallyPrimeGenerating an e-invoice online
An active TSS subscription. Tally states a valid TSS subscription is necessary to use TallyPrime for generating an e-Invoice online
e-Invoice FAQe-invoicing once TSS lapses
Offline JSON export only, from Release 1.1 or later. To print the QR code you need a valid TSS to fetch the details back
e-Way Bill FAQUploading and filing GSTR-1 or GSTR-3B from inside TallyPrime
Release 5.0 or later, API access enabled on the GST portal, and DSC or EVC selected as your filing method
File GSTR-1Getting an IRN at all on a late invoice
Thirty days from the invoice date if your aggregate turnover is ₹10 crore or more, effective 1 April 2025. The portal rejects it after that
e-invoicing rulesA VAT return for a country outside India
A different Tally edition. Tally publishes a MENA edition covering VAT across six GCC countries, and statutory features follow the country the company is set up for
TallyPrime MENAAnything on US sales tax or EU VAT
Not documented. Neither sales tax calculation nor state return filing appears in the feature set of Tally's US edition, and an export leaves India as a zero-rated line
LUT filing guide
Figures verified on July 30, 2026.
From the field
Trusted by businesses across the globe
“The platform works exactly the way I need it to. I have one team member who manages all of our exemption certificates, and that functionality has been particularly efficient for us. It allows him to handle everything seamlessly, making the handoff significantly easier.”
VP of Finance, TRX
Compare the GST and indirect tax options
We compare the GST software Indian businesses actually shortlist, on coverage, ratings, and real pricing, and we say where each one wins. TallyPrime is on that list for good reason.
More sales tax resources
Guides from the Commenda team on Indian GST, US registration, and EU VAT for non-EU sellers.
Frequently asked questions
It files them. From Release 5.0, TallyPrime uploads GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and CMP-08 to the GST portal and files them using either DSC or EVC, without you visiting the portal. Tally's own instruction is that you enable API access on the GST portal first and pick your filing method in company features. It also downloads GSTR-2A and GSTR-2B back from the portal and reconciles them against what you booked, flagging mismatches before you claim input tax credit. This is the part of your compliance TallyPrime genuinely covers, and the reason this page is about everything else.
No. TallyPrime's tax engine is built around Indian GST, so a sale to a US customer is recorded as an export and carries no tax at all. Neither sales tax calculation nor state return filing appears in the feature set Tally publishes for its US edition. Commenda calculates the US tax on the same transaction, down to state, county, city and district, applies product taxability per jurisdiction, and files in all 50 states on each state's required frequency.
Your Indian position is settled and your foreign position is not. An export under a letter of undertaking leaves India without IGST and lands in table 6A of GSTR-1, which is correct and complete for the GST portal. It says nothing about the destination. A US state may treat that same subscription as taxable and set its own economic nexus threshold, and an EU country may want VAT once you pass its registration point. Commenda measures your sales against thresholds in all 50 states, every EU member state, and 70+ countries, then registers and files where you have crossed.
Yes, and you can keep TallyPrime filing them if you prefer. Commenda files GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B from the same sales data, so the choice is where you want the return prepared rather than whether it is covered. Your entity records sit alongside: GSTIN, PAN and TAN kept updated by our team, with registrations and licences by jurisdiction. The same connection covers the sales tax and VAT you owe outside India.
For online generation, yes. Tally states a valid TSS subscription is necessary to use TallyPrime to generate an e-Invoice online. If TSS lapses you can still export the JSON offline from Release 1.1 or later, but printing the QR code needs a valid TSS to fetch the details back. The same applies to e-way bills, where an expired TSS causes online activity to fail and leaves you with the offline JSON route. Nothing in the Commenda integration depends on your TSS status, because it reads the transactions rather than the connected services.
We plan for that rather than around it. Tally's recommended configuration is Windows on your own hardware, one user on Silver and a LAN on Gold, so there is no cloud instance to point at. In practice the handoff is the same one Indian finance teams already run for their auditors: agreed exports of transactions and trial balances on an agreed cadence. Teams we work with export monthly trial balances, profit and loss, and balance sheets straight out of Tally, and raw software exports are fine. No formatted statements and no engineering work on your side.
Yes. From Release 3.0, TallyPrime supports multiple GST registrations in a single company and can generate e-invoices for any of those GSTINs. Commenda reads all of them and keeps the exposure separate where it needs to be separate. Foreign registrations work the same way: each one has its own thresholds, its own return, and its own filing frequency, and you switch between entities on one dashboard rather than running a tool per country.
No, because its reports are organised around registrations you already hold. GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and the GSTR-2B reconciliation all measure activity under a GSTIN on your company. A country or state you have sold into but never registered in produces no row anywhere in TallyPrime. Commenda measures the transactions instead, against economic and physical thresholds in all 50 states and 70+ countries, and notifies you at 80% of a registration threshold so the registration happens before the obligation does.
Custom integration support for your business
Every TallyPrime setup is configured differently, and it sits on your own hardware rather than in the cloud. We map how yours works, agree the export and the cadence, and build the integration to match. No engineering work on your side.
Indirect Tax
Monitor nexus exposure, register, file, and remit sales tax and VAT in one platform. Commenda keeps you compliant across 100+ jurisdictions.
Explore the product
