[GNC] Accounting for GST in Australia

[Maf. King]

Are you "posting" the invoices once you've created them?

Check the currencies for the invoice, customer and all the accounts you expect 
to be affected.

Just a couple of thoughts for you.


HTH,
Maf.




On Tuesday, 22 June 2021 14:49:16 BST Nathan Ellery wrote:
> Hello Alan Thanks for your reply.
> We are aware of the need to split transactions not entered as bills or
> invoices.
> However, we are entering invoices through the invoicing system within
> Gnucash, and the tax amount shows correctly on the actual invoice entry,
> but the amount of tax is not going to the GST accounts on the chart of
> accounts. How can we check the set-up to determine exactly why this is or
> what do we need to do in order to make the GST go to that account in the
> chart of accounts?
> Appreciate your help on this,
> 
> And thanks Christopher, yes we did read that article but it doesn't seem to
> be working correctly.
> regards Nathan
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 5:23 PM Alan Hopkins <hoppo52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Nathan
> > Are you using GnuCash to generate your bills & invoices?  If not, when
> > making entries directly into your accounts you won't see the GST
> > automatically.  When entering invoices & bills you need to check the
> > Taxable? & Tax Included? columns
> > Otherwise, when making direct entries to your accounts you need to use
> > "Splits" and add the GST manually.
> > The above may not be clear but once we know more about how you are
> > attempting to do things we might be able to help.
> > Cheers
> > Alan
> > 
> > On 22/6/21 6:17 pm, Christopher Lam wrote:
> > 
> > Welcome Nathan,
> > Have you checked out the
> > following?https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quickstart_Australian_BAS
> > 
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2021, 2:59 pm Nathan Ellery, <ntellery at gmail.com>
> > <ntellery at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I have recently started using GnuCash and am having difficulty in
> > attributing GST to the GST accounts as set up in the chart of accounts. I
> > have included the relevant posting accounts in the tax table area, but new
> > entries aren't picking up the GST amount. What am I missing? Do you need
> > to
> > see screen shots of my setup to verify what I am experiencing?
> > best regards
> > Nathan Ellery
> > Building designer
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