Control Selling Price if it’s Below Cost Price for TallyPrime

Prevent Loss‑Making Sales and Protect Your Profit Margins

Introduction

In many businesses, especially in trading, retail, and distribution, pricing plays a crucial role in maintaining profitability. However, due to human error, lack of pricing control, or pressure sales, users may sometimes create invoices where the selling price is lower than the cost price. This can result in:

• Direct financial losses on every unit sold
• Incorrect profit calculations and misleading margins
• Weak pricing control and unauthorized discounting
• Long-term reduction in overall business profitability

The Control Selling Price if it’s Below Cost Price Add‑on by Pragyantra helps businesses prevent or control such transactions in TallyPrime, ensuring that no product is sold below its cost unless specifically authorized.

What is “Control Selling Price Below Cost Price”?

This add‑on is a custom Tally module that validates item pricing during sales entry and ensures that the selling price is not lower than the cost price. With this add‑on installed, Tally can:

• Real-time Comparison: Automatically compares Selling Price vs. Cost Price during entry.
• Warning Alerts: Notifies the operator instantly if the price is below the purchase cost.
• Transaction Blocking: Optionally restricts saving the invoice to prevent the loss.
• Authorized Overrides: Allows managers to proceed with special approval if needed.

Why Businesses Need This Add‑on

Selling below cost can severely damage business health. Common problems include accidental low-price billing and unauthorized heavy discounts by sales staff. The Pragyantra Cost Price Protection Add‑on helps businesses enforce profit protection rules, ensuring every transaction contributes positively to the bottom line.

Key Features of the Add‑on

Cost vs Selling Price Validation
Built-in intelligence to calculate the cost (Latest Purchase/Average) and validate it against the current sale price.

Real‑Time Alerts & Restriction
Displays clear warning messages and provides an optional hard-block to stop loss-making sales at the source.

Permission-Based Override
Maintains operational flexibility by allowing senior management to authorize specific low-price sales.

Works Across Sales Vouchers
Fully compatible with Sales Invoices, POS Billing, and Delivery Notes.

Lightweight & High Performance
Optimized TDL architecture ensures that price validation happens in milliseconds without slowing down billing.

Business Benefits

• Protect Profit Margins: Guarantees that products are never sold at a loss by mistake.
• Financial Accuracy: Ensures that your gross profit reports reflect true and healthy margins.
• Consistent Pricing: Enforces a unified pricing policy across all sales counters and branches.
• Internal Control: Adds a powerful layer of validation to your daily sales operations.

Use Cases

• Retail Businesses: Prevent underpricing by staff at busy billing counters.
• Trading Companies: Maintain strict margin control during bulk negotiation and sales.
• Distribution: Avoid losses in dealer transactions where margins are already thin.
• SMEs: Ensure long-term profitability by automating price discipline.

Compatibility

This add‑on works with:
✔ TallyPrime
✔ Tally ERP 9

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)