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When you charge and collect tax on sales, you will remit 60% and keep 40% of the amount collected. And although you will only be claim ITCs on certain items (know the rules), you will be eligible for the PSB rebate, meaning you will receive a rebate for 50% of the GST or federal part of the HST paid on purchases.
I'm in a GST only province, so I'm going to set this up with the 5% GST in mind. You can easily modify this to work in different provinces by adjusting the percentages. Here’s how to set this up. We’re going to add two new tax rates, then a new tax group.
When you charge and collect tax on sales, you will remit 60% and keep 40% of the amount collected. And although you will only be claim ITCs on certain items (know the rules), you will be eligible for the PSB rebate, meaning you will receive a rebate for 50% of the GST or federal part of the HST paid on purchases.
The CRA has issued a news release for those people affected by the recent fires in Alberta. I called the CRA this afternoon to get a bit more information for one of my customers who has lost her home in Fort McMurray. I found out that the CRA has set up a Fort McMurray help… Continue reading CRA info for businesses and individuals affected by the Fort McMurray and north-east fires
This week, I've been noticing that the Job Credits for Small Business have been appearing in many of my customers' CRA online accounts. I haven't seen any refund cheques or deposits yet, but those should be starting to roll in soon. You might remember the Hiring Credit for Small Business (HCSB) that was around for… Continue reading How do I enter the Small Business Job Credit refund into QuickBooks or QBO?
THE PROBLEM: I wrote a bonus paycheque using QBO Payroll and the calculations are wrong. A NOTE: Intuit payroll engineers are aware of this issue and are working on a resolution. THE SCENARIO: It’s December, a time for staff parties, office treats, and hopefully… bonuses! Today I sat down to issue one such paycheque in… Continue reading Holiday bonus? What you must know if you’re issuing bonus cheques using QBO Payroll.
Happy New Year! We're a few days into 2015, and I've come across several client files where the current Federal and Provincial TD1 amounts are NOT updating. This is a known issue in QuickBooks desktop and hopefully there will be a fix soon. First things thing. Please make sure you have the latest tax table installed in… Continue reading What do to if your TD1 amounts are not updating in QuickBooks
ISSUE: the journal entry that QuickBooks automatically creates when filing sales tax is not entered correctly. The most common problem is missing tax items. You may also see missing information on the memo line, and you may even see the tax items switched around. This happened to one of my clients this week. He noticed an… Continue reading Why is my previous QuickBooks GST/HST ‘File Sales Tax’ journal entry incorrect?
Still waiting for a T4? There's more reason to be concerned than simply not knowing the exact numbers. Read this excellent article, courtesy of CBC news. Tough tax penalty raises fairness concerns http://soc.li/2XQekNY
Did you get a notice from the CRA that you've received a Hiring Credit? If you haven't already figured this out, here's an easy way to do it if you're using QuickBooks Payroll. The credit can be recognized as either Income or a reduction in your EI Expense account. I'm going to explain how to… Continue reading Entering a CRA Hiring Credit for Small Business
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