Use Taxes in Purchasing

 

This setting determines if taxes will be calculated on purchasing items.

 

Note

If the user selects to calculate taxes, the remaining settings on the Tax Settings tab will need to be completed to ensure taxes are calculated correctly. However, if the Use Tax option is not selected, the remaining settings on the Tax Settings tab are not applicable and can be skipped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding Taxes in Purchasing

Selecting the Use Taxes option provides the ability to calculate and add taxes to cost items.  There are essentially five processing functions that are affected by the implementation of taxes within the Purchasing module:

 

To determine whether to apply tax in Purchasing for the database:

  1. From the Integration menu select Timberline Accounting > Accounting DB Settings.

  2. Verify the database currently selected in the Accounting Databases field list is the correct database for which this setting will be defined. If necessary, click on a different database.

  3. Click the Tax Settings tab.

 
  1. To calculate taxes on purchasing items, click the Use Tax checkbox. To not calculate tax, leave the checkbox blank.

  2. Click on Save.

  3. Continue with configuring the remaining tax settings as necessary, or click the Close button to exit the screen.

 

 

Related Topics

Default Vendor Tax Group

Default Tax Groups by JC Cost Category

Tax Group Audit Settings

Setting Up Taxes - Workflow

Tax Group Retrieval Hierarchy