Inquiry About Applying VAT and Withholding Tax Together on Invoices

Dear Support Team,

I am using Manager.io for sales invoicing.

In my country, invoices usually include:

  • 14% VAT

  • 1% Withholding tax (deducted from the amount before VAT)

In my current version, I can only select one tax code per line, so I cannot apply both VAT and Withholding together.

This causes the withholding tax to be calculated incorrectly.

Please advise:
Is there a way to apply both VAT and withholding tax correctly on the same invoice line?
Or is there a recommended setup for this case?

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,
Mohamed

Hello @Mohamed_Hamed,

Welcome to the forum.

First, we need to know which country are you speaking of? This will help you get answers from other users from your own country who may have a ready answer for this part:

Also, as I understood, your country has selective application of withholding taxes – meaning it applies on some lines but not all? Please correct me if I was wrong.

Dear Support Team,

Thank you for your reply.

Regarding your questions:

  1. Country: Egypt

  2. About withholding tax:
    In Egypt, withholding tax (1%) is applied to all invoice lines and all invoices (not selectively).

However, it is calculated on the invoice amount before adding VAT, not on the total including VAT.

So the correct calculation is:

  • Subtotal

  • Withholding 1% (on subtotal)

  • VAT 14% (on subtotal)

  • Final total

It is not calculated on the VAT amount.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

Best regards,
Mohamed

Hello again @Mohamed_Hamed,

That’s shouldn’t be a problem, since Manager accepts calculations inside the fields.

You will have to first recalculate the WHT based on tax base which will be ~0.877193% calculated as follows:

1% / (100% + 14%)

You can also place this calculation inside withholding tax percentage field as follows:

Or you can alternatevely use Amount for withholding tax field and do this simpler calculation

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