Interest received from Inland Revenue on GST Refund

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Interest received from Inland Revenue on GST Refund

I have received a GST refund from Inland Revenue, which includes interest over and above the return amount, for paying early.  My problem is not with the original GST entry but when I enter the journal entry to clear GST collected and GST paid accounts for the return.  I enter the GST collected amount, the GST Paid amount and then the GST Payments/Refunds amount (which is what I actually received).  I am obviously left with the small amount of interest paid by IRD which needs a Credit transaction to balance the entry. 

My best thought is to enter a Credit to GST Payments & Refunds and memo it Interest Paid by IRD.

Would welcome any suggestions on how others have dealt with this?

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Re: Interest received from Inland Revenue on GST Refund

Hi Meg

 

Your interet should be credited to an income account - generally in the 8-xxxx, Other Income section, and specifically called Interest Received. If you put it to a GST account it will wrongly sit in the balance section when it is an income to the business.

 

Hope this helps

 

Murray McKenzie
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Re: Interest received from Inland Revenue on GST Refund

Thank you very much.  I have set up an 8-XXXX for Interest Received IRD.  I already have Interest Received accounts for the various bank accounts so this makes perfect sense.  Thanks again.

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Re: Interest received from Inland Revenue on GST Refund

Oh ... should I also have entered the interest received separately on my original entry when I recorded the payment from Inland Revenue?  

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