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Posted by Manuel Davila on October 9, 2006, 10:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options Be sure that you leave under "Tax Code: [TAX} discount is applied before
Tax" in the edit item (discount) window, do not check NON.
Gotta go nit-nite, the Boss is calling
> How did you set up the discount?
> I used QB Discount account, which by the way does not let you enter
> quantity and when you enter the amount in "discount rate" it will put it
> automatically in -X format.
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> If you want I can send u a copy of the invoice to you email. Mine is
> (medavila@atscomputes.com).
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>> You just lost me. I put in the discount amount of 100% it picked up just
>> the 100 but left the balance of the sales tax calculated at the bottom.
>> That amount is still due in my test.
>>
>>>
>>> No. no, QB (2006) is smart enough to keep the sales TAX!!
>>> This is uncle SAM's trick: you can discount the whole thing except of
>>> ourse you still have to pay the Tax :-)
>>> Just tried and you'll see
>>>
>>>
>>>> How did you get the Discount to include the tax amount? Is the tax line
>>>> manually added or calculated at the bottom of the invoice?
>>>>
>>>>> Laura,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for taking the time to test the routine. If you discount
>>>>> the full total of the invoice (as non-taxable) then the invoice will
>>>>> show as paid in full, hence no need to create a bill to pay it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Material: 100.00
>>>>> Disc: -110.00 (non taxable)
>>>>> Tax 10.00 (was still kept in the invoice!)
>>>>> Total 0.00 (invoice paid in full, no need to create a bill)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the exact result desired:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.. No need to create a second redundant transaction to paid the bill
>>>>> 2.. The ST will still show in the Tax Liability
>>>>> 3.. Transaction can be tracked
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>> Manuel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I tested out the Discount routine and it looks like it works
>>>>>>perfectly. I did have to redit the item and change it to be
>>>>>>non-taxable for it to work right. I can't see any issues with it
>>>>>>especially since you probably should not be showing this as income to
>>>>>>the company in the first place. Using this discount method eliminates
>>>>>>this problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do have one correction to your example. My testing came out to the
>>>>>> following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Original Invoice was:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Material 100.00
>>>>>> Tax 10.00
>>>>>> Total 110.00
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Invoice with total amount discounted:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Material: 100.00
>>>>>> Disc: -100.00 (non taxable)
>>>>>> Tax 10.00 (was still kept in the invoice!)
>>>>>> Total 10.00 (sales tax only)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This leaves the sales tax liability that you are looking for plus
>>>>>> removes the sale of the materials that you should not be showing on
>>>>>> the books.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Laura,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you so much for the answer. All my items are Non-Inventory, so
>>>>>>> no problem having to update the stock. Pursuing the new customer
>>>>>>> avenue and of course entering the invoice items at cost there is no
>>>>>>> problem. But, to pay the Invoice will require that the company must
>>>>>>> be set as a Vendor as well, correct? Do I have to write a check? Can
>>>>>>> the bill (invoice) be paid otherwise without having to use the bank
>>>>>>> register?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How about if I create an item called discount (or Company Use) then
>>>>>>> posting it in the invoice discounting 100% the Total value of the
>>>>>>> invoice? I tried that and indeed the tax appeared in the Sales Tax
>>>>>>> Liability report!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Example:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Original Invoice was:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Material 100.00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tax 10.00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Total 110.00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Invoice with total amount discounted:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Material: 100.00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Disc: -110.00 (new line)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tax 10.00 (was still kept in the invoice!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Total 0.00 (total is now 0)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this orthodox or it will cause other problems?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Manuel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello Group,
>>>>>>>>> How to pay the State Sales & Use Tax for material that was
>>>>>>>>> purchased with resale tax-exempt status.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here is the situation: I run a small computer business. I built a
>>>>>>>>> Computer for the company using tax exempt parts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now I have to pay the "Sales and Use Sales Tax" (GA requirement).
>>>>>>>>> How can I do that in QB?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Should I add my company as a new customer and create an Invoice,
>>>>>>>>> and then.?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's certainly one way to do it. Treat your company as a customer
>>>>>>>> via an invoice. Then just pay that invoice and just deposit that
>>>>>>>> check back into the company.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You could also do a journal entry to debit purchases and credit
>>>>>>>> sales tax payable. Then just cut a check to the state for the
>>>>>>>> accumulated sales tax due. If this is a one time event then you
>>>>>>>> could just use Write Checks to the state posting it to the purchase
>>>>>>>> account.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If these parts are posted to inventory then I would probably go
>>>>>>>> with the customer route so that the inventory is adjusted properly.
>>>>>>>> With method 2 you would need to do an inventory adjustment to
>>>>>>>> remove those parts used.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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