Stage 01 of 5 — Import Trial Balance

Bring the Trial Balance into one controlled engagement

Start a pull in AutoFS and the Chrome extension connects to Tally Prime on the user's computer. The selected Trial Balance and ledger data are sent to the chosen financial year; Excel or CSV remains an alternate upload path. AutoFS normalises the rows and checks Dr = Cr before grouping begins. A client's first year needs no prior data — last year's figures can be typed against the same Guidance Note heads.

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Why this stage exists

The financial year, entity and source are selected before the data enters preparation, so the engagement starts with an attributable, balanced source rather than an anonymous spreadsheet copy.

The stage in three parts

What goes in, who acts, what comes out.

Input

Tally Prime running on the user's computer
AutoFS Chrome extension
Selected entity and financial year
Excel or CSV Trial Balance, when used instead
Last year's signed statements, when there is no prior year to pull

Accountable action

Choose the engagement and period
Start the Tally pull or select an upload
Review the import summary and Dr = Cr check
Confirm the source belongs to the engagement
Type last year's comparatives for a first year on AutoFS

Controlled output

Trial Balance snapshot for the selected FY
Source and extraction metadata
Balance and integrity check results
Prior-year comparatives, pulled or typed
Import event in the audit history

Source received

Trial Balance import

Trial Balance import
Item	State
Connection	Chrome extension
Source	Tally Prime
Financial year	Selected by user
Dr = Cr	Checked
Prior year	Pulled or typed
Import	Recorded

Controls

What is enforced here.

User-started local connection
Engagement and FY selection
Debit-credit comparison
Bounded source payload
Import audit event

See the whole engagement, not just this stage.

Every stage hands the same file to the next one. Nothing is re-keyed.

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Eligible Non-Corporate Entities only. AutoFS supports preparation under the ICAI Guidance Note; applicability, professional judgment, approval and sign-off remain with the firm.