Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-08-12 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Mark Sutton writes: > Hi,I guess I should comment about a solution I have imagined for some time. > > It has been suggested before that formula can be entered into the amount > fields > of the ledger. For an item with tax included, such as a bank import. > I would enter something like " $am

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-08-06 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
Steven Patrick wrote: The GnuCash invoicing process does this automatically for larger businesses, but many smaller businesses use only cash book records and need to be able to automatically calculate and record GST in bank account transactions. Because it is already being done in the invoi

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-08-05 Thread Steven Patrick
Mark, Thanks for your suggestion, but my client is not keen on that solution. They want to make life as simple as possible for their non-technical clients. Steve ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailm

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-08-03 Thread Mark Sutton
Hi,I guess I should comment about a solution I have imagined for some time. It has been suggested before that formula can be entered into the amount fields of the ledger. For an item with tax included, such as a bank import. I would enter something like " $amount - ($amount * 5 / 105) this leaves

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-07-29 Thread Steven Patrick
Just to expand on the previous message... Exactly as in your example, in Australia (and other countries around the world) GST (or VAT) has to be calculated on the basis of the various components - some taxable, others not taxable - for every transaction. The GnuCash invoicing process does this

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-07-29 Thread Steven Patrick
> I really do not comprehend how people think this could be automated. The problem is not how to automate tax rules for differing tax jurisdictions, rather it is to give one the option of apportioning tax (GST) on various components of a bank account transaction, just as is currently the case wh

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-07-29 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
The way the current Gnucash customer invoice interface works with options for "Taxable?" and "Tax Included?" is perfect for their needs, as long as it can be implemented in a normal cheque account register. Some transactions would be taxable and others not. I am happy to do the developmen

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-07-28 Thread Steven Patrick
Hi John, At the moment they are not using Gnucash because of this limitation. The way the current Gnucash customer invoice interface works with options for "Taxable?" and "Tax Included?" is perfect for their needs, as long as it can be implemented in a normal cheque account register. Some tr

Re: Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-07-27 Thread Jmathew07
in context: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Apportioning-GST-in-the-account-register-tp4672036p4672053.html Sent from the GnuCash - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https

Apportioning GST in the account register

2014-07-26 Thread Steven Patrick
Good day, I have a client who wants to use Gnucash as a cashbook and be able to apportion GST on certain entries in the cheque account register. The idea is to have some options for "Taxable?" and "Tax Included?" like the Invoice Entry window has and then automatically apportion GST to the ap