Re: Cumulative Tax feature

["Miguel Koren O Brien de Lacy" <..hidden..>]

Thanks Chris. 

It could be handled as a single entry in the GL but of course it would be more
comfortable per invoice, automatically. The price normally includes this tax. 

My company does not use "Simples" which is a tax for smaller companies that operate
under this rule but I have a new customer that needs this. The reality is that it is
unusual for them to hit the first cut off point but if they do (tracked manually) they
would go into the setup and change the rate  To help with that I was thinking of
showing the total invoice value for the current month on the invoice screen. But what
I really need is to either define a tax with variable rates according to a rule OR to
have a rule to enable or disable a tax. In other words, it would be good enough for me
to have say 3 "simples" taxes with different rates but I need a way for the system to
use the right one according to a rule which in my case is the total of the month.

Miguel

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Chris Travers" <..hidden..>
To: ..hidden..
Sent: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:42:24 -0700
Subject: Re: [Ledger-smb-users] Cumulative Tax feature

> On 7/9/07, Miguel Koren O Brien de Lacy <..hidden..> wrote:
> > I noticed in the mailing list archive that version 1.2 has a cumulative tax feature.
> > Since this may be something I need I would like to ask if this feature can solve a
> > problem with a Brazilian tax called "Simples".
> >
> > This tax has different rates according to the total invoice amount per period, so I
> > would need to be able to set up some cut off points for rate 1, rate 2, etc. For
> > example, if I invoice up to R$ 20,000 the rate would be 4.5%, up to R$ 50,000 the rate
> > is 5%, etc. Is this what the "cumulative tax" feature does?
> 
> No.  Cumulative taxes are for places which require that you tax other
> taxes.  For example in Quebec, GST is subject to taxation under PST.
> 
> We do have a modular sales tax system designed to support arbitrary
> rules but without knowing exactly what you are trying to do and how we
> have to tie it into the invoice, I am wondering whether it is the
> right tool for the job (as opposed to, say, a quarterly GL entry to
> add the tax entries).
> 
> I guess the question is:  do you need to track per invoice?  What do
> you do when you hit 20k?  Add an adjustment entry to bring the rate up
> to 5% retrospective? And I take it this is included in the price,
> correct?
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Chris Travers
> 
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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