Re: VAT problems

[beamends <..hidden..>]

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 14:10 +0100, beamends wrote:
> 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
> 

Just add to that - clicking Print causes the displayed total to go wrong
too - Update corrects it!

Cheers
Richard


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