GST report

[Davoinoz]

I just migrated from AccountEdge to Business Pro. Can someone help me explain how the GST Report has a different figure for GST paid from what is shown on the GST Return, even with exactly the same selections (Cash, dates, etc)? And is there a way to find out what is included in the GST Return for GST paid as there is no drill down from the report for this figure?

[Davoinoz]

Right - I've solved this one. The GST Return report is showing as GST on purchases 1/11th of the $ value of purchases paid in the month, ignorng the actual GST paid on the purchases which in some cases is include GST free lines. This is quite incorrrect and clearly a flaw in the system which needs correcting. Over to MYOB to fix it.

[Tracey_H]

Hi @Davoinoz 

Thanks for your post. The GST on purchases (1B) figure in the GST return report comes from amounts allocated to the GST tax code. Tax codes with a rate of 0% won't be included in that figure.

In my example of the GST report, transaction 263 has a GST line and a GST free line.

In the GST return report, the G11 figure is the total purchases and expenses. The 1B figure is correctly showing only the amounts allocated to the GST tax code:

If you are seeing something different can you send screenshots of those two reports so that we can look into this for you. Make sure senstive information is removed from screenshots prior to posting on the public Forum.

Please let me know how you go with this.

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[Davoinoz]

Where it's going awry is that I had an invoice (actually for insurance premiums) where the GST was not 10% because part of the premium was not related to Australia and hence GST free. I entered this as one line with an altered GST amount. Now that I know this, I can fudge it in future by using two lines - one for the full GST component and one for the free component. That will work but is extra input and involves me calculating the notional amounts before entering. Slightly less than satisfactory.

[Tracey_H]

Hi @Davoinoz 

We do recommend that GST and GST free amounts be entered as separate lines for audit purposes.

Please don't hesitate to post again if you need help in the future.

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