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Tax Jurisdictions List
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Countries List
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Vendors List
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A/P Aging Summary
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Physical Adjustment
Create Purchase Order
Create PO Receipt
Create Return PO
Create Return PO Receipt
Create Bill
Customers
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Receive Payments
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Payments and Charges Reconciliation
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return SO
Create Credit Memo
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Customers and Receivables
Sales
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Accountant and Taxes
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Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor
Lesson 3. Create an Item
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills
Lesson 8. Create a Customer
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return
Lesson 14. Vendor PO Return
Lesson 15. Create Return PO Receipt
Lesson 16. View Reports
Lesson 17. Bank Reconciliation
Lesson 18. Trial Balance

Free Accounting Software Help File Version 1.0.0.6

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Tax Jurisdictions List
All levels of government require tax dues on sales that your company makes. Tax Jurisdictions List allows you to define a tax jurisdiction to properly charge your Customer the correct taxes based on a rate or location. If you run your business in a state that has a different sales tax for one city than it does for other cities, set up parent and child jurisdictions.

To view this list select Lists / Person Profile / Tax Jurisdiction List from the Main Menu or press on the Commands Panel and select Tax Jurisdictions in the Navigation Pane.

Follow these steps to add a new tax jurisdiction:
  1. Select Lists / Person Profile / Tax Jurisdictions List from the Main Menu.
  2. Make right click in the Preview Pane and select Add.
  3. Enter the required information into the fields. After saving, this information can be edited by right clicking in the Preview Pane and selecting Edit or just by double clicking on the line.
  4. Press the Ok button to save the changes.


Jurisdiction Information:
Payable To - The name of the new jurisdiction.
Parent Jurisdiction - This is the next higher government level that the Customer has to pay tax to.
Tax Account - This is the accounting record that tracks the sales taxes.
Contact Person - The person who can be got in touch with.
Phone - The 7 or 10 digit phone number with extension.
Fax - The 7 or 10 digit fax number with extension.

Address Information:
Address - The mailing address.
Country - The country of the jurisdiction.
State/Province - The state/province the jurisdiction is in.
City - The city the jurisdiction is in.
All Apply - When the tax code is a 'tax on tax' then check this box. The subtotal amount, that is taxed when this box is checked, includes the amount of all taxes that have a lower priority.

The following grid allows you to enter details about the individual taxes that are applied in a particular Jurisdiction. You may opt to enter only a Tax Code that encompasses all the taxes that are applicable for this Jurisdiction or you may want to itemize the individual tax codes and rates. Either method is acceptable. For each tax rate applicable within a jurisdiction the following information is required:
Tax Code - The government identifier for this particular tax rate.
Tax Type:
    Rate (%) - If the tax is a percentage then set this to rate.
    Fixed Amount - If the tax is a fixed dollar amount then select fixed.
Pay Mode - This field establishes how many times a year the tax is paid.
    Weekly - The tax is paid weekly for the previous week.
    Monthly - The tax is paid monthly for the previous month.
    Quarterly - The tax is paid quarterly for the previous quarter.
    Biannually- Paid every six months for the previous 6 months.
    Yearly- The tax is paid yearly for the previous year.
Rate (%) / Amount - Enter either the percentage rate or the fixed tax amount in this field.
Due On - The day of the period that the taxation information should be prepared by.
Start Date - If the tax is not to come into effect until a specific date, then set this date accordingly. By default this date is set to Jan 1, 1996.
End Date - If the tax has the expiration date or the rate is to be changed after a specific date, then set this date accordingly. By default this date is set to Dec 31, 2009.
Description - This is a description of the tax that is being applied.

NOTE:
  • Parent Jurisdiction - The parent jurisdiction is the next higher government level that the Customer has to pay tax to. Example - The state would be the parent jurisdiction to the county and the county would be parent to the city.
  • Child Jurisdiction - A child jurisdiction is the next lower level of government that adds its tax rate to a higher level of government (parent jurisdiction.) Example - The county is a child jurisdiction to the state. The child's tax rate gets added to the parent's tax rate.
  • Parent jurisdictions have to be made before the child jurisdictions.
  • A child jurisdiction can be a parent jurisdiction to another child.


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