Separating multiple sales taxes on invoice?

[Paul d'Aoust]

Heh, that's a clever workaround. Maybe some day I'll look into
changing the code of the invoice itself so it shows individual taxes
by default.

Thanks for the help!

Paul

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> "Paul d'Aoust" <amillionlobsters at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi, Derek. Thanks for the help; that's good to find!
> >
> > Two more questions:
> >
> >      1. Is there any way to save 'Individual Taxes' as a default for the
> >         'Printable Invoice' report? I see that you can save report
> >         settings, but that will save the invoice number as well, I
> >         believe, which won't help me for subsequent invoices.
>
> Not really, no.  The best I can suggest is what I do: I leave the report
> open with the configuration I want.  Then whenever I post a new invoice
> I just switch to the open report tab, edit the options, and select the
> newly posted invoice.  Just don't close the tab.  When you shut down
> GnuCash it will remember the open report and its whole configuration.
>
> >      2. Do you know of any way to show individual taxes on the invoice
> >         entry form as well?
>
> Unfortunately no, there's no way to do this in the current
> implementation.  You'd have to write code to do it.
>
> Sorry,
>
> > Thanks!
> > Paul d'Aoust
>
> -derek
>
> > El vie, 16-04-2010 a las 15:33 -0400, Derek Atkins escribió:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> "Paul d'Aoust" <amillionlobsters at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Hi there. Using GnuCash 2.2.9, I'm having trouble with invoices. I live in
> >> > Canada, where most provinces have two taxes -- PST and GST. I've set up tax
> >> > tables for one, the other, and both, and they all seem to be working fine --
> >> > from an accounting perspective, at least. The thing I don't understand is
> >> > that on the invoice (both when I'm editing it, and on the printed invoice
> >> > form) both taxes are lumped into one value ('Tax'). This doesn't work well
> >> > for Canadian users, however, because we're supposed to separate both taxes
> >> > from each other on the invoice.
> >> >
> >> > I've searched the mailing list, and I've searched the documentation, and
> >> > I've searched Google at large, and haven't found any answers. Does anyone
> >> > know what I can do about this?
> >>
> >> In the report options select "Individual Taxes"
> >>
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Paul d'Aoust
> >>
> >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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> >>
> >> derek
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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