VAT

[Zeno R.R. Davatz]

On 15 Aug 2003 12:04:07 -0400
Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> "Zeno R.R. Davatz" <zdavatz at ywesee.com> writes:
> 
> > > Sounds like what you want is to write a "VAT Report".  Nothing
> > > like this actually exists, currently, and the hardest part
> > > of writing one would be finding all the VAT accounts.  The
> > > rest is just some simple math.
> 
> > Yes, that summens it up quite good: A "VAT Report" would be a great
> > step. With that VAT-Report I could just make a balance with all
> > VAT-Income and all VAT-Expense and give the difference to my
> > government.
> 
> Yep.  It shouldn't be too hard to write something like this.  Take
> a look at some of the existing reports.  You might want to look at
> the P&L report, as it's probably the closest to what you want.
Sorry my GNUCash is German; what is the P&L report?

> > If I could choose witch account is VATable and witch one is not...
> 
> Well, it's more a function of choosing which accounts are your VAT
> holding accounts, not necessarily "which are VATable"..  But sure.  As
> I said, this is going to be the hardest part of writing the report --
> figuring out which accounts to include.
Ok, yes such a function would make it one step further to the SMALL-Business-Edtion-GNUCash.

What is your time estimate for this feature?

tia 
Zeno