sales tax & more

[Derek Atkins]

Feel free to send me the code that does this.

-derek

Kevin Benton <KevinB@webex.com> writes:

> Even better - if we take it a step farther, if that checkbox is checked,
> then it also opens up a drop-down of some sort that would allow us to
> specify a tax profile for each geographic region the user specifies.  I have
> locations that I may need to pay tax in near me that vary widely.  One
> location requires me to record 6 different sales taxes.  The state I came
> from was much easier, just three.
> 
> For the purposes I need it for, one aggregate will probably do (minimally)
> as long as I can have it fill in a default rate then adjust it.  The
> additional complexity would be nice to have so that I can have my reports
> ready for me at any point during the quarter.  That way, if I need to send
> the information to a partner, it's already computed for me.
> 
> The bare-bones minimum reason for doing this is to make sure I don't
> accidentally start spending my tax dollars a few days before the end of the
> quarter, then end up needing to take out a loan to pay taxes.  It also
> demonstrates to any partner how much we've made.  Yuck.
> 
> If I were able to make many of these into memorized transactions (for my
> vending machines), then this would nearly become a non-issue.  I would just
> code my vending machine items like...
> 
> Happy Horseshoes Gumball
> 	Product Cost	$0.02452
> 	City Tax		$0.01142
> 	...
> 
> George's Garage Gumball	$0.25
> 	Product Cost	$0.02452
> 	City Tax		$0.01441
> 	...
> 
> As you can see, the memorized transaction would be different for each, but
> help me keep track of everything.  Having the quantity count available would
> also be helpful as part of the memorized transaction.  Of course, this is
> what happens when you try to merge an inventory system with a purchase
> tracking system with an accounting system with a tax tracking system with a
> ...
> 
> Convoluted!  :)
> 
> Kevin Benton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linas@linas.org [mailto:linas@linas.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:07 PM
> To: Derek Atkins
> Cc: Kevin Benton; 'p.kraan@xtra.co.nz'; gnucash-user@lists.gnucash.org;
> 'gnucash-devel@lists.gnucash.org'
> Subject: Re: sales tax & more
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 12:00:38PM -0400, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> > This is already there in current-cvs.  For every item in an invoice
> > you can enter the amount of tax (by percent or by value) and the 'tax
> > account' to which that tax should be applied.  Granted, this only
> 
> I think that what he wants in the GUI is a checkboxx that says
> 'taxable/nontaxable'
> and in the engine, one or more splits get created automatically and
> routed to the right accounts.
> 
> Often, there'c city, county and state sales taxes, and although the customer
> 
> isn't aware of this, the seller has to track them seprately.
> 
> --linas
> 
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