Re: VAT problems

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On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 18:45 +0100, Phil Ross wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Even with 1.2.15 I am still having some niggling VAT issues. They are
> causing us some pain because we have to be more careful than perhaps
> we should be with the VAT field on Accounts Payable transactions.
> 
> For example, in an AP Transaction with the "Tax Included" box checked,
> if I add a VAT amount it will ADD it to the total in the display!
> Example:
> (Tax Included check box marked)
> 
> 24.47   7512-Expenses
> 3.64    2200-VAT 17.5% (VAT check box marked)
> 
> 28.11 <-- incorrect
> 
> However when I hit POST and do a report to get the transaction, it has
> the correct amount of 24.47 posted and when I view the transaction the
> total underneath the tax box is now 28.11 - all the check boxes are
> marked as when I was entering the transaction.
> 
> Now when I uncheck that VAT box and hit Update - the total remains
> 24.47. But when I check it again (as it was when I opened the
> transaction) and hit update - 28.11 appears again!
> 
> Must be some kind of display bug as it does not carry through to
> posting? The impact is that we have to recheck our invoices as we post
> them - or trust that the bug only exists in the display..
> 
> Also, back in SQL-Ledger this check box next to the tax amount made
> the system calculate the VAT automatically. It doesn't do that for me
> now - does anyone know what this check box is for?
> 
> Regards
> Phil
> 

There's problems here  - I've raised it before. My method is to put the
non-VAT amount in the field, tick the box and put the VAT amount in
the VAT field. Click "Update" and the total is correct. Posting results
(usually) in nothing in the Amount field in the tax, but the Tax field
is correct. The down side is that EOY I'll have to go though all these
and work out a fix - but at least the VAT should be right!

Re-loading from the tax report shows the wrong total, but clicking
Update puts it right. The really worrying thing is that the systems 
knows the non-VAT figure (since it appears when re-loaded), but doesn't 
display it in the Tax report!

Cheers
Richard

Cheers
Richard

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