Hi, Thank you for the explanation.
These requirements does not exist in Denmark, and hence is not stated on invoices received :) - the government requires only that invoice series be in succession number and date wise (ie. without missing numbers) and that I can lock previous years, once closed. Pongrácz István said the following on 01/24/2014 03:02 PM: > > > ----------------eredeti üzenet----------------- > Feladó: "Klavs Klavsen" k...@vsen.dk > Címzett: "Pongrácz István" > , "ledger-smb-users lists.sourceforge.net" > ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Dátum: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:36:09 +0100 > ------------------------------------------------- > >> I don't however see why it is relevant when it comes to invoices that I >> don't create myself (ie. AP) - How would I EVER know - WHEN the vendor >> created the invoice they sent me? >> >> That doesn't make sense at all to me. > > > Hi, > > Technically it should be on the received invoice. If not, you can use > transaction date. > If you pay in cash, you should get all three dates the same. > > But if you buy something else with contract, the three dates could be > completly different. > > For example the cable guy from a big cable TV company goes to you. He fix the > issue, let's say change a defected cable and he spends 30 minutes with the > task and used 15m of cables. > When he finished, he will ask you to sign the worksheet which will be the > proof, the cable guy were in your home and did as he said. The cost could be > also included on that worksheet. > > So, the happened on Friday afternoon. The cableguy goes to home and enjoys > his weekend. > > When he goes to his financial office on Monday afternoon, he gives the signed > worksheet to his financial department to prepare an invoice. > On Tuesday morning they will enter the worksheet into their financial system > and he will enter the Transaction date (when the job completed on last > Friday). > The financial department issues invoices in every Thursday, so they will > issue it on Thursday and send it by post. > Now you have three dates: when the job completed (transaction date, which > generates payable tax by the company and receivable on the buyer side if he a > company), when the invoice issued and hit the accounting book(!). Payment > time also important, but it is not the basis of the tax period. > > So, controlling, when the transaction completed (which tax period you have to > pay/receive VAT) and when the invoice issued (when will your accounting book > get the information about the income/cost and its VAT) is very important to > block/control paying taxes. > That is why there are rules, how many days is the maximum between issue and > transaction dates. > > Otherwise you can mess your account books and payable/receivable taxes with > invoices, free of transaction based. > > I would be surprised, a goverment doesn't care or control payable taxes :) > > Thanks for your attention :)))) > > Cheers, > IStván > -- Regards, Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - k...@vsen.dk - http://www.vsen.dk - Tlf. 61281200 "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." --Henry Spencer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
