Could you create: Expenses->Stock->Items Expenses->Stock->VAT ?
That way, reports would give you a summary of the Items and the VAT... I don't recall if they will sum the two for you... they might. On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 6:47 PM Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > My company is not registered for VAT (tax), but I probably have to pay 20% > VAX (tax) on 75% of the items I buy. > > I have the following accounts > > Expenses > Expenses -> Stock > Expenses > Office supplies > > I can not see how I can determine how much I have spent on stock, > *including* the TAX. > > The account Expenses is a placeholder account, but I see that all the VAT > goes in there. So > > Expenses -> Stock > > has two sorts of transactions in it > > 1) Items where no tax has been paid > 2) The price of items excluding the tax > > which seems a bit of a muddle. That’s 100% of the cost of some items, but > 80% of the cost of the others. > > I can not find the cost (including the tax) from adding up > > Expenses > and > Expenses -> Stock > > because Expenses will contain the tax paid on Office supplies too. > > At the end of the year my accountant will want to know how much I have > spent on stock, but I can’t see a way of exporting the transactions so that > the file contains that information. My accountant would > > Expenses -> Stock > > but only some things from the placeholder account > > Expenses. > > I assume that there is a way out of this problem. > > Dave > -- > Dr. David Kirkby, > Kirkby Microwave Ltd, > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk > https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ > Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 > > Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. > Registered office: > Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United > Kingdom > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.