Re: [GNC] how to link an expense (a tax) to a invoice being issued

2021-10-22 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Very well David, I shall do as you suggest then! Thank you! On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:50 PM wrote: > > Hi Mattia, > > I think you summay has captured the essentials. Whether you use a Liability or > an Asset Acciunt to record the value of the stamps will not matter in practice > but an asset ac

Re: [GNC] how to link an expense (a tax) to a invoice being issued

2021-10-22 Thread davidcousens49
Hi Mattia, I think you summay has captured the essentials. Whether you use a Liability or an Asset Acciunt to record the value of the stamps will not matter in practice but an asset account more correctly reflects the actual situation. My description is appropriate when your business is using a

Re: [GNC] how to link an expense (a tax) to a invoice being issued

2021-10-22 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Hi David, thank you for your insights! So, to highlight the differences between my thoughts and yours: * prepaid stamps as an asset, not a negative liability * tax passed as-is to the customers are not actually expensed (since the invoice would have as the "income account" to debit the As

Re: [GNC] how to link an expense (a tax) to a invoice being issued

2021-10-21 Thread davidcousens49
Mattia, When you purchase tax stamps in advance, they become a temporary asset of your business which you would expense at the time you attach then to an invoice.when you purchase the stamps you would credit your bank account by the amount of the purchase and debit an appropriate asset account (e.