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April 19, 2019
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Sales Tax Adjustment

  • April 19, 2019
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I have a two fold question that I hope someone can walk me through the steps to fix this?  First I want to say I have been a Simply Acctg/Sage gal for many years, so I am struggling a bit getting used to QB'S. I have just recently started using QB Desktop Pro 2018.  Firstly, I thought I had setup GST/ITC accounts correctly, apparently not.  Our first annual GST remittance was due in March this year and knowing better should have checked the Sales Tax Report first against the B/S, but I pulled the numbers from the B/S from Oct -Dec (when GST started) and submitted the GST remittance online banking/CRA. After looking at the Sales Tax Report where I still need to file the return in QB's I saw the first mistake. I had in error used the GST account code instead of the ITC account code on a purchase from the pull down account choices when booking the purchase, so the GST on the B/S was understated by $47.62 and the ITC understated by $47.62. The correct amount remitted was still correct. However, on the Sales Tax Report line 103 is showing the correct GST amount that should have been remitted and I don't show any ITC's on the line 106 which would be one of my problems not setting up the code properly for Receiver General. There is also the $47.62 at the bottom of the report showing an unassigned sales tax amount of $47.62. As of January 2019 I have created a new ITC account for Receiver General , so going forward the GST/ITC amounts are balanced to B/S and the Sales Tax Report.  I need to know how to do an adjustment in the Sales Tax Report to match the remittance I made to CRA which would be the unassigned $47.62 showing in the Sales Tax Report and then filing the return. I did reach out to support twice and unfortunately the background noise was too loud and it was frustrating I couldn't hear everything. So, any help to walk me through these adjustments would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thx

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April 19, 2019

Hello Calgarygirl,

 

Welcome to the QuickBooks family. I'll gladly help you with the sales tax adjustments. Sometimes you need to circle back and fix certain entries and make sure that everything is as it should be. In your case, you need to un-file the affected taxes, then go into the transactions that are unassigned and assign them correctly then refile your taxes.

 

Check these two community articles for more details on:

 

Sales tax: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/community/Sales-tax/Collect-sales-tax/m-p/262072

 

How to resolve common sales tax issues: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/community/Sales-tax/How-to-resolve-common-sales-tax-issues/m-p/261666

 

If you require any further assistance, I suggest you call our support line at 1-877-772-9158. Pro and Premier support is available 24 hours and Enterprise support is available from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST, Monday to Friday.

 

Let me know if you need help with anything else.

April 19, 2019

Hi there, thank you answering me.  I have only paid the remittance to CRA through our online banking which is not linked to our QB's.  I have not booked/filed the GST or the adjustments yet in QB.  I need to do the adjustments(s) entries first I believe then do the file return in QB's to match what I submitted to CRA.

Your help is appreciated.

 

 

 

April 19, 2019

That's correct! I'm glad I was able to help.

 

Have a great weekend!