Payroll Question
Melissa lutz
sweet_mel_lisa at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 4 12:24:41 EDT 2017
Great thank you Derek!
I thought I'd have to do it manually but I wanted to double check before I got started. Now I can start my bookkeeping. This was very helpful.
Have a great day,
Melissa
________________________________
From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
Sent: April 4, 2017 8:45 AM
To: Christoph R
Cc: Melissa lutz; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Payroll Question
Hi,
Alas, the Tax Tables do not work for manual transaction entry, nor for
transaction import. They are dedicated to Invoices and Bills, which is
probably too much effort for your every-day transactions.
HOWEVER, the register can do math! If you type in a math equation the
register will compute it for you. So you can type into a cell in the
register something like: 81.23*.055 and it will compute 4.47 for
you. You can leverage this to compute your tax splits.
So what I would do is open e.g. your Credit Card account, then enter in
your description, put in one of the accounts (e.g. Expenses:Groceries)
in the transfer, then the total amount in the correct column. Then
click the "Split" button, and then you can start filling in splits using
the math method to compute the taxes. Each line just put in the correct
account and amount, and be sure to erase or overwrite the leftover
because if you leave it in there then gnucash will combine them.
Be sure not to hit "Enter" until you're completely done. Use the tab
and/or arrow keys to move around.
Enjoy!
-derek
Christoph R <subscriptions+listen at rohland.net> writes:
> Hi Melissa,
>
> I am using the business features to achieve this. For smaller
> purchases I am creating collection bills for multiple
> purchases. Tracking payments for these bills can be a pain
> though. This gives me the added benefit to automatically charge back
> to customers.
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
>> Am 03.04.2017 um 19:48 schrieb Melissa lutz <sweet_mel_lisa at hotmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi Derek,
>>
>>
>> I am trying to use GnuCash for tax season and was wondering if I can
>> set an automatic tax for my entrees or if I'll have to type it all
>> in manually. For example; Expenses: Supplies: Walmart: from checking
>> account: 10.00. Can i have it automatically take 13% HST into
>> another section to keep track of what I've spent in HST? I'm looking
>> at the tax table for Sales but I don't know if it'll do anything for
>> purchases. Manually I can enter a split transaction and the HST goes
>> to taxes HST but with the amount of purchases I'm looking for a
>> faster way.
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>>
>> Melissa
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>> Sent: February 16, 2017 8:49 AM
>> To: Melissa lutz
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: Payroll Question
>>
>> Hi Melissa,
>>
>> Melissa lutz <sweet_mel_lisa at hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I am very new to GnuCash and I have no idea how to add in employee
>>> payrolls. I looked at the website but I'm assuming it's outdated
>>> because there is no increase or decrease columns, just expense and
>>> rebate. the split transaction is also very confusing and not doing
>>> exactly what i want it to. Do you have advice for me on how I should
>>> be adding this information? I'm learning this all from scratch. There
>>> were also no youtube tutorials on it.
>>
>> GnuCash has no direct payroll support. The Employee business features
>> are only designed for expense reimbursements, not payroll.
>>
>> You can still use GnuCash to *account* for payroll transactions, but you
>> will need to perform the payroll computations (withholdings, etc) out of
>> band and just use GnuCash to keep track of it.
>>
>> Having said that, you would need to provide much more detail about what
>> you are trying to do, how you tried to do it, and how (you feel) gnucash
>> is misbehaving or not doing what you want... And then we can try to walk
>> you through the process of entering in the transactions in a way GnuCash
>> will be happy with.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>>> Thank You
>>
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>>
>> -derek
>>
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