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dandiesel84's avatar
2 months ago

Expense percentges

Hi community, need some assistance regarding recording expenses based on percentages.

for example when recording a fuel expense I am only able to claim 80% of the gst since i use my vehicle for 80% business. Is there a way to add a percentage column on the expense form?

  • If you are using Bank Feeds with MYOB Business, setup a bank rule splitting the value by percentage. See below bank rule setup for any bank feed for BP station will split the value 80% business and 20% personal

     

  • Doreen_P's avatar
    Doreen_P
    MYOB Moderator

    Hey dandiesel84,

     

    There's no option to add a percentage column on the expense form. For the correct percentage calculation, we recommend speaking with your accountant or bookkeeper. You can also share your suggestion about adding a percentage column on the MYOB Business Ideas Exchange board so it can be considered for future updates.

     

    Cheers,

    Doreen

  • DuncanS's avatar
    DuncanS
    Ultimate Partner

    dandiesel84Doreen_PChrisMc 

     

    Dan,

     

    Accounting for MV Expenses can be/is complex.

     

    Do you have a Log Book? Using a figure of 20% indicates that a Log Book is not held.

    I use 2 decimal places eg 80.14%  19.86%

     

    Furthermore, the type of Entity determines how MV Expenses are entered.

    By example, a Company claims 100% then the Director makes a Contribution by way of an Income Account. Speak to your Tax Accountant if you have a Company.

     

    I like Chris's use of a Bank Rule to split the expense.

    If you are a Sole Trader, you may like to have a Drawings Account called Drawings - MV Personal.

     

    Duncan

     

     

     

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