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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">:( I read the docs, that is what confused me. I clicked one check box and and had no idea what to do, then I tried to find the other check box, but it disappeared, so I shut the whole edit account dialog.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As far as vat is concerned no I didn't go any further then trying the dialog in KMyMoney...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Aaron</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, January 21, 2021, 03:11:40 PM EST, Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
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<div>On 2021.01.21 14:44, Aaron Mehl wrote:<div class="yqt8004182983" id="yqtfd15455"><br clear="none">> The user manual says:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> You can turn an expense/income category into a VAT category, which <br clear="none">> means that it receives all the splits that actually make up the VAT <br clear="none">> payment towards the government. You can also enter a specific <br clear="none">> percentage rate.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Categories can be assigned a VAT category, which allows KMyMoney to <br clear="none">> split a transaction for a category into two parts, one for the <br clear="none">> category and one for the VAT. Depending on the setting of the <br clear="none">> gross/net amount switch, the amount you enter for the transaction is <br clear="none">> the gross or net amount.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Example: In Germany, there are three VAT percentages (0%, 7%, and <br clear="none">> 19%). So I have a main category "VAT paid" and three subcategories, <br clear="none">> one for each percentage rate. I create these on both the income and <br clear="none">> the expense sides so that I have six categories in total. For the <br clear="none">> goods I buy, I select one of the above mentioned categories as the <br clear="none">> "VAT category assignment".<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> When I buy goods, I enter them into a transaction. Let's assume I <br clear="none">> have selected the gross amount entry method, once I enter the <br clear="none">> category and amount, KMyMoney will recognize that there's a VAT <br clear="none">> assignment and calculate the VAT part, create a second split with the <br clear="none">> VAT account and VAT amount and reduce the category amount.<br clear="none">> The same applies to income categories but the other way around. Hope <br clear="none">> that makes <br clear="none">> sense.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------unfortunately <br clear="none">> no...------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I <br clear="none">> have no idea what this means and in the edit account dialog what I do <br clear="none">> for each of the two check boxes.<br clear="none">> I am assuming this is a sales tax?Aaron</div><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">Did you do any research? <a shape="rect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax</a><div class="yqt8004182983" id="yqtfd24691"><br clear="none"></div></div>
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