1. Is Tally.NET secure?

Yes Tally.NET is secure. There are different ways to look at security.

a. We ensure that the data is NEVER stored anywhere but on your own machine, which
    you have the full ability to TRUST, since your machine is in your control.

b. We ensure that your machine is never 'visible' on the Internet. In fact, it works as if
    you are using a normal E-Mail program or browser, where YOU can get something
    from the Web, but not the other way around. Again, this adds to your TRUST of
    of machine security. (Some people mistakenly believe that giving access to the
    the Internet makes their machine vulnerable to viruses. Not true. It is ONLY if
    they download wrong things from the web, that this happens. Connecting a
    machine is harmless.)

c. We ensure that only people YOU TRUST get access to your data. YOU decide who
    gets it, and if you have any suspicion that someone has accidentally given away
    their password, you can immediately switch off the company from WHERE EVER
    YOU ARE.

d. We have ensured that even the machine which is holding the data NEVER becomes a
    'server' - but becomes a 'client' to Tally.NET. On the other side, the machine which
    is 'requesting' the data, ALSO becomes a 'client' to Tally.NET.

2. What happens to Direct Client and Server capabilities?

From the current release onwards both direct-client and server will be part of default product. Only when data synchronisation is done, it will be require a Tally.NET subscription 3. What is the relation between remote/local license and remote/local data

If the Data is local, then the capabilities are determined by the local license, if the data is remote, then it is determined by the license which is operating that data. The 'Functional Capability and Data Access Rights' are determined by the nature of the Remote License (for all practical purposes, this is a THIRD license!) ... so, if my Remote License is Tally.ERP 9 - Auditors' Edition, the user gets Auditors' Rights and Functionality, if it is regular, user gets Regular Rights and Functionality (currently only these two types exist). While it can appear to sound complicated, the usage behavior is simple and intuitive.

4. What is the difference between a remote-user and a remote- CA?

First they have a similarity that both of them can open a company remotely and operate it using the license on which they were created. However one is created on Tally.ERP 9 and other one on the Tally.ERP 9 - Auditors' Edition which makes them different since the license and subscription capabilities are different. A registered CA with an auditor license will have admin remote-id. This is what CA would share with his clients for them to authorize him for auditing. Internally, CA would create more remote-ids (sub-ids) for his staff (Article Clerk) and authorize them on various client companies himself. The client need not know or authorize the sub-ids, this is for the CA to manage. When a remote-user is authenticated on Tally.NET, his authorisation on companies is directly checked but when a remote - CA is authenticated, first the authorization of the admin remote-id of the CA is checked and then his assigned staff is picked up for access.

5. What is the cost of Tally.NET Annual subscription?

• Tally.NET subscription for Tally.ERP 9 Silver (Single User Edition) customers is
   Rs. 2,700/-.
• Tally.NET subscription for Tally.ERP 9 Gold (Multi User Edition) customers is
   Rs. 8,100/-.
• Tally 9 / Tally 8.1 customers updating to Tally.ERP 9 as on the date 11th March 2009,
   will be eligible for FREE Tally.Net subscription till 31st March 2010.
• Tally.NET subscription for Tally.ERP 9 - Auditors' Edition is Rs. 4,050/-.
• As an introductory offer, Practicing Chartered Accountants will get a free Tally.Net
   subscription till 31st March, 2010.