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Taxes & tax payments

Define taxes, attach them to categories and pay them to the government.

Tax configurations#

Accounting → Taxes (660; 661 add, 662 edit, 663 delete)

Taxes
Taxes
Field Notes
Tax Name e.g. GST
Rate (%)
Tax Type Inclusive — the price already contains tax. Exclusive — tax is added on top
Linked Account (Liability) Collected tax is held here (Sales Tax Payable)

Activate or deactivate a tax from its row. Attach taxes to products by ticking them on the category. On a sale invoice the tax of a line is Sold × the combined rate; on a purchase it is derived the same way from the category's taxes.

Pay tax#

Accounting → Tax Payments (666) — record remitting collected tax from Sales Tax Payable (2100).

Tax payments
Tax payments
Field Notes
Amount (PKR) > 0
Payment Date
Paid Via Payment method required
Note / Reference Optional

Cash / Card payments are Cleared at once; others start Pending and need Verify. Same actions as fund transfers: Verify, Bounce, Cancel, Delete (Pending only). The ledger entry is Dr Sales Tax Payable, Cr the method's account.

The Tax Summary report shows Tax Collected (sales), Tax Paid and Net Payable; Tax Payments lists the remittances.