On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 19:52, Andrew Cowie wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 01:50, Dave wrote: > > I use sql-ledger as well. http://www.sql-ledger.com/ > > > > It does GST and PST for Canada eh! But probably can be used for > > Australian GST without too much trouble. > > There are people here in Aus who do use it, so "yes" it can be adapted. > > As many have pointed out on SL's mailing list, it's "just" a matter of > knowing how to configure tax accounts (GST paid, GST collected, and then > reducing them when you submit quarterly BAS tax owing or receive BAS > derived GST refunds). > > FWIW, if you have access to someone running (or are yourself running) > MYOB, they do a good job of dealing with the GST transparently, and a > bit of brief study will teach you all you need to know about how to post > to these accounts. > > We're considering a switchover at the end of this FY as well, although > I'm not convinced yet - MYOB is clicky as hell, but SL doesn't seem to > be too helpful around things like date entry and repetitive tasks
I agree about the date thing. In Perl it wouldn't take much to make it accept a date in pretty much any format and reformat to what the DB requires. In the development version (2.3.4) there is a problem if you don't put in a "to date" or "as at date" when trying to display an Income Statement or a Balance Sheet, I think it should default to the current date but doesn't; I don't know if that is the same in the stable version. I think repetitive tasks are in the "todo" list. > > [Canadian GST PST and HST are all applied on top of the sticker price, > whereas Australian GST is (usually) incorporated in the sticker price, > UK VAT style. SL does have support for included taxation] > > AfC > Sydney > > -- > Andrew Frederick Cowie > Operational Dynamics Consulting Pty Ltd > > Australia: +61 2 9977 6866 North America: +1 646 472 5054 > > http://www.operationaldynamics.com/ -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people <http://www.lannetlinux.com> ------------------------------------------ Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. ------------------------------------------ To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. - Scott Granneman, SecurityFocus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
