[GNC] [GNC-dev] Automatically split transactions with sales tax

[Christian Kluge]

Hi,

Am 10.11.2018 um 22:09 schrieb CHRISTOPHER PEARCE:
> Hello all,
> 
> I would like Gnucash to automatically create a split transaction for sales
> tax when a taxable product is bought/sold.  I deal with a lot of
> transactions, and its a pain to manually enter the sales tax for each one.
> I'd rather just work within the general ledger and have Gnucash do it
> automatically.

This feature has been wanted for a long time:

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371581

> For example, I buy a widget for $100 + 5% GST = $105.  I want Gnucash to
> automatically create the split, and allocate $5.00 to the GST liability
> account.
> 

The only way to do this in a fully automatic fashion is by using the
business features with the tax tables and writing invoices.

Although this system only really works for accrual accounting, because
the VAT/GST will posted to VAT due, unless you route it through some
temporary accounts.

For entering it in the General Journal directly:

I guess you already know the built-in calculator features of gnucash, so
that you could write 10000*105 to get the $105 paired with the use of
account numbers for making the entry easier.

But for what it’s worth I also would like to have a way to have a column
for the tax-table to use in the transaction register.

However for I seem to have understood it’s very deeply ingrained in the
business features, that it would be a lot of work to do so.

Kind regards

Christian Kluge