How to: Set Up Goods and Service Tax Posting
Goods and services tax (GST) is the tax that is applied on most goods and services. The GST that is paid and received during a period is reported in the Business Activity Statement (BAS) that has to be submitted to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
To set up posting details for GST, you must define the posting groups, rate of GST, and the accounts to which GST is to be posted. You can set up this information for a particular combination business posting groups and product posting groups.
You must set up GST posting before you generate the BAS report.
To set up goods and sales tax posting
In the Search box, enter VAT Posting Setup, and then choose the appropriate link.
Fill in the fields as described in the following table.
Field Description VAT Bus. Posting Group
Specifies the VAT business posting group code.
VAT Prod. Posting Group
Specifies the VAT product posting group code.
VAT Identifier
Specifies the code that is used to group similar VAT setups with similar attributes.
For example, you can group a number of VAT posting setups that have a common VAT percentage.
VAT %
Specifies the VAT rate.
VAT Calculation Type
Specifies the method that is used to calculate the purchase or sale of items.
Sales VAT Account
Specifies the number of the general ledger account to which you want to post the sales VAT.
If you have selected the Reverse Charge VAT option in the VAT Calculation Type field, then do not enter a value in this field.
Purchase VAT Account
Specifies the number of the general ledger account to which you want to post the purchase VAT.
Reverse Chrg. VAT Acc.
Specifies the number of the general ledger account to which you want to post the reverse charge VAT.
You can enter a value in this field only if you have selected the Reverse Charge VAT option in the VAT Calculation Type field.
Choose the OK button.
See Also
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How to: Print Goods and Service Tax Settlement Reports