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Posted by Larry Spitz on September 24, 2007, 5:00 am
Please log in for more thread options Bob Williams wrote:
> wrote:
>
>>I am running QuickBooks Small Business Edition 2003.
>>
>>I am starting a new company and when I bring up the Company Information
>>window, I can fill in all of the data except the Company ID.
>>
>>There are two fields: a long one that is blank and a short one which
>>has "001" in it by default. If I fill in the long field with the company
>>tax ID number, it doesn't take. In other words, if I close the Company
>>Information window and reopen it, the long field is blank again. Also form
>>fields which rely on this data, such as the Tax Invoice continue to show a
>>blank Tax ID.
>>
>>I am in New Zealand. Our Tax IDs are of the form NN-NNN-NNN. I have tried
>>entering it with the dashes, with spaces instead of dashes, as NNNNNNNN,
>>etc. There is no change. I have an old company and no longer remember
>>whether I had this same problem when I entered its company information
>>years ago, but the field is filled in for the old company.
>>
>>So why can't I fill it in for the new company?
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Larry
> Larry
>
> Have you turned on the preference to track tax?
>
> In Australia, this preference needs to be turned on. The Tax ID field
> is a text field, and takes spaces for 99 999 999 999 which is our
> protocol. The 001 field may be a hangover from the Australian version
> where the Australian Tax Office insisted on a branch no in some of the
> payroll forms - nothing to do with the GST unless the company ran
> branches for that purpose. The 001 was a default needed by all
> companies and for those with no branch, it was just ignored.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Bob Williams
That lead me to the solution. I was already tracking tax, but entering the
Tax ID on the preference page, made it stick.
Cheers,
Larry
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