GST/HST/PST Setup Tutorial

This tutorial will look at how to setup tax tables on Sage 50 Simply Accounting. Depending on where you do business your GST/HST/PST set up will be different.

Below is the home page of Sage 50 Simply Accounting Classic View.

Record GST Payable 1Step 1 – Create the necessary accounts in the chart of accounts. On home page click on Chart of Accounts. I have PST / GST accounts setup to track taxes. If you live in a province that collects HST create HST paid on purchases and HST charged on Sales. You do not need a PST account.

For GST HST PST setup tutorial 1Step 2 – Now that we have our accounts created, lets create our tax table and link these accounts. From the setup menu click on Settings  – Company – Sales Taxes and Taxes.

 

For GST HST PST setup tutorial 2

There are several colums in the setting stage. the first is the Tax Colum. Type you tax name used in your province.

Tax ID Included on Forms – type in the tax number issued to you by the government.

Exempt From this Tax? -Type No or Yes. they should all be No but in case of PST you could be exempt.

Is This Tax Taxable – Type No. There is no extra tax on top of this tax.

Acct. to track tax paid on purchases – this is where you would link the accounts you created to track taxes.

Do the same for tax charged on sales.

Reports on Taxes – You can allow Sage 50 Simply Accounting to give you a report on GST/HST to show how much taxes have to be paid to Revenue Canada or refund. I normally calculate it myself by printing reports. Watch GST Payable setup. http://www.simply-accounting-tutorial.ca/general-ledger/sage50-simply-accounting-record-gst-payable

Now that you have completed the initial set up lets go to tax codes.

 

For GST HST PST setup tutorial 3There on three colums. under Code you can type in a 3 character code to represent the tax being charged. Give it a description and choose what journal it will be used for.

Now lets go deeper and issue a tax percentage to the coded.

For GST HST PST setup tutorial 4This tax is GST and PST charged on Sales. click on magnifying glass and choose GST. Status is Taxable. Rate is 6% (in this case) Included in Price is No (on the sales invoice the tax should show up on a separate line) Yes for Is refundable.

on second line choose PST. Status is Taxable. Rate is 7%. Included is price should be No (it will have to show up separately on your sales invoice). is refundable should be No (PST is not like GST and a refund will not be allowed for this tax. Once ou set up all your taxes. click Ok.

This concludes our tutorial. Let me know if you have specific questions. Click on the link ask question or leave comment.

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