Busy is a popular alternative to Tally among Indian traders and distributors, known for strong inventory and billing features. Here is the path from installation to monthly GST reports.
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1. Company and GST settings
- Company → Create: name, address, state, financial year (April–March), and GST applicable: Yes with your GSTIN.
- Under Configuration → Features/Options, enable item-wise tax, batch or serial numbers if you need them, and multiple price levels (retail/wholesale).
2. Masters
| Master | What to set |
|---|---|
| Account (customers/suppliers) | Group Sundry Debtors/Creditors, state, GSTIN, type of dealer (registered/unregistered/composition) |
| Item | Unit, HSN, tax category (e.g. GST 5%), sale and purchase price, opening stock |
| Tax category | One per GST rate — Busy splits it into CGST/SGST or IGST automatically |
| Sale type | Local (L/GST) or central (I/GST) — decides the tax split |
3. Make a sale invoice
- Transactions → Sales → Add.
- Choose sale type (local/central), party and items; Busy calculates tax from the item’s tax category.
- Save and print; Busy can also generate e-way bill JSON and e-invoice data where applicable.
4. Monthly routine
- GST reports → GSTR-1: check B2B/B2C summaries, then export the JSON for the GST portal.
- GSTR-3B summary for tax payable.
- Stock status and party outstanding reports for follow-ups.
- Take a backup (Company → Backup) to a separate drive.
💡 Both Busy and Tally export reports to Excel. Keep one reconciliation workbook per month — see GST reconciliation in Excel.
Busy or Tally?
| Busy | TallyPrime |
|---|---|
| Strong inventory, multiple price lists and schemes out of the box | Most widely used — easier to find trained staff and CAs who know it |
| Popular with traders/distributors | Huge ecosystem of add-ons and connectors |
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