Account listed as tax payable in Payment-Lines

In the Payment-Lines section, the column for Account lists accounts such as stock, motor vehicle expenses, tools & equipment etc but it also frequently lists Tax Payable as an account for transactions.

When I view the transaction it shows up as normal with the correct account e.g. motor vehicle expenses. I’m not clear in what that’s happening. I notice that when I import bank statements there looks to be multiple accounts attached to some items and only one to others, so it looks like a bank rules issue, but I cannot see any reason for it. Any idea what’s going on with this and does it have any impact of critical things like BAS report and P/L statements?

Hi @Splint,

If you assigned a non-zero Tax Code to a transaction, Manager will create an automatic entry to account for the tax for that transaction.

So as long as taxes actually apply to these transactions in question, there’s no need to worry.

You can also View these transaction and then go to Journal view and this will give you the full picture when it comes to accounting treatment.

Thanks for that. I viewed one of the transactions then went to journal entries but there was nothing there. Is that anything to be concerned about?

Hi @Splint,

That’s not what I meant :slight_smile:
When you View any transaction, you have the option to view its Journal effect from within it like so:

If you click the button highlighted in red, it will give you this:

Which you can share with your accountant just to confirm that the accounting treatment is all good.