Jobs and Actions

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jul 9 20:18:18 CDT 2003


Hi,

Please copy gnucash-user on all your replies...

John Zoetebier <john.zoetebier at transparent.co.nz> writes:

> On 09 Jul 2003 17:56:11 -0400, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
> 
> >> 3. Have any UK users got any tips on producing a VAT return and the
> >> configuration of the Tax Tables to achieve this?
> >
> > Sorry, I can't help you here, I'm in the US.
> 
> I have posted a similar question some days ago.

I dont recall seeing it.

> What I have figured out in the mean time is that the tax tables in
> gnucash are not related to sales tax.

Um, sure it is...  The Tax Tables are a general way for you to apply
any kind of tax to invoice items.  You can use them for sales tax,
gst, or anything else -- you just need to create the Tax Table
settings you need.

> The way I have set up gnucash is a sales tax account with a sub
> account for each tax:
> Sales tax
> Sales tax > GST 0%
> Sales tax > GST 12.5%

Yep, this is right -- you create accounts for each of the taxes,
then set up the tax tables to apply the percentages to the accounts.

> Now, in the balance you can see your sales tax split out over a period
> of time.
> And you can print a report as well.

Yep..

> >> Finally on a general note one thing that I really miss from Sage
> >> Instant Accounting is the ability to setup some standard items to
> >> charge on the invoice line (i.e. Green Widget = £23.40). I'm not
> >> looking for a full stock system, but the ability to have a standard
> >> cost against an item saves an awful lot of typing!!
> >
> > Yea, but that's a slippery slope.  Once you've got the database of
> > basic prices you've done half the work to implement an inventory
> > system.  Similarly on the wish list are "default billing rates",
> > auto-completion, and "duplicate an invoice".
> 
> The system will recognize any previous entry for an item in that account.

Yea, but I'm talking about the invoice system...

-derek
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