Jobs and Actions

[John Zoetebier]

On 09 Jul 2003 19:18:18 -0400, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please copy gnucash-user on all your replies...

I am subscribed to several groups, none of them require a CC, I can just 
reply.
Why is gnucash mailing list different?

>
> 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.

I added all accounts to Tax Tables
However no sales tax did show up on tax report.
Are we talking about different things here ?

>> 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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John Zoetebier
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