Janusz, thanks for your patience. We seem to have converged on this one. I had come to the conclusion that we have to customise our own php script. When it comes to tax, simplicity is a virtue. Hopefully our tax system stays this way.
2 11/12/2010 07:00:25 am
Re: Supplier Payment and GST (17 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Thanks Janusz all is clear --there is no mapping of GL codes to tax types. My mind was blinkered by the fact that we have a very simple tax system where everything except capital items and interest have a fixed rate of GST; no exemptions, no variable rates. At the risk of asking another silly question, wouldn't a reasonable remedy be to have a drop-down pick list on the GL line for selecting tax with options linked to the tax types? I think I have already explained our reluctance to get round this with items: many GL codes x many dimension.
3 11/11/2010 02:38:17 am
Re: Supplier Payment and GST (17 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Still no joy - I have (1) reloaded the package to make absolutely sure I have the latest version. I still have the same problem. At http://imgur.com/EVP05.png there is a screenshot showing that (1) tax is correctly attributed on a quick entry and (2) unattributed on a GL account entry.
To try and figure this out myself, I have had a look at the php script. I think the relevant php script is ../accountsHF/purchasing/supplier_invoice.php - at what point in this script is the tax transaction generated for a GL entry?
4 11/09/2010 08:45:33 pm
Re: Supplier Payment and GST (17 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Thanks Janusz, but I am feeling pretty stupid as I still don't get it. I am using 2.3RC3.
itronics wrote:
please look into next.frontaccounting.eu demo - tax is displayed during purchase invoice entry in last 2.3RC3.Janusz
I tried this and entered a supplier invoice from Lucky Luke, tag group = tax and the tax IvaMinimo (10%) was displayed at 0 and it should be 9.99 (or 99.99, can't remember).
itronics wrote:
Regarding rbnzl question I'm not sure what is the problem you want to cure. If you have multiply service items which are posted on the same GL accounts (including taxes) and you do not want to entry multiply barely used service items, you can set one generic service item with editable description. This way you can use it for any services posted in the same way, while the descriptions on entered purchase invoice will inform you about real service registered.
We have many items going to different GL accounts. We also have many cost centres (>13). It would seem that we have to set up an item for each GL account and each dimension. A similar problem arises with quick entries.
5 11/09/2010 06:47:14 am
Re: Supplier Payment and GST (17 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Thanks waverider I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. We have nearly given up in frustration which would be a pity as I am a big fan of opensource software - but I have an office manager to convince. I must be missing something - when I view or print the invoice there is no tax (NZ GST) - yet there is if I enter the item via Direct Invoice. Similarly, if i look at the invoice via Purchases>Payments to Suppliers. Does this mean I haven't set something up correctly?
6 11/07/2010 07:29:09 am
Re: Supplier Payment and GST (17 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
I am trialling 2.3RC3 and really like it except for one issue I am stuck on. My original posting on this question must have been a silly one. Here is it expressed another way. Each month we have hundreds of purchases to enter, almost none of which are stocked items. We want the purchases to be debited against GL codes with GST apportioned to our GST code. Investigating further it seems that our choices are:
1. Load all of these potential purchases as 'Items' of type 'Service - then use Direct Invoices which will calculate the tax correctly
2. Load them all into 'Quick entries' - then use 'Supplier Invoices' which will calculate the tax correctly
3. Enter the items one at a time in 'Supplier Invoices' but manually calculate the tax (hopefully correctly!).
Obviously 1 or 2 can be done as they are encountered but it is some effort and many of these items of quick entries will not get used very often. What would be really nice would be:
4. Allocate an entry to a GL account as in 'Purchases>Supplier Invoices' and have the total tax calculated for these transactions as in 'Purchases>Direct Invoices'.
Is option 4 already available (and I am missing something) or not available? If the latter, is it a feature that is likely to be added in the near future?
7 11/05/2010 09:30:33 pm
Topic: sales/purchases without inventory (1 replies, posted in Items and Inventory)
I am new to FA and like what I see and am impressed with the level of help provided by the developers and community. This could be a really stupid question in which case I apologise. I am not the person using FA but am installing it for use. My question is how can we process an invoice for a service without an associated entry in inventory. For example, paying a monthly phone bill. Similarly, if we send out an invoice for a service - we want this to show in our debtors.