On 9 Dec 2008, at 09:04, beamends wrote: > ... > we recently had a change in VAT (GST) in the UK. Our idiot government > only gave us 1 week to alter everything, but with all the other > stuff to > be done I've finished up with invoices/receipts to be process from > before the change. > > Is there anyway of changing the VAT rate temporarily for the current > document without changing the system set-up? Also, if I do change the > VAT rate back temporarily, are there likely to be any knock-on > effects?
Hi there, It's possible to add additional tax rates. The most obvious use of this is if you're also selling stuff which comes under the 5% rate (books & children's clothes?) - there's checkboxes which allow you to specify if 5% or 17.5% to a specific item, and I think these can also be changed on a per-order basis, too. Since the new VAT rate is only promised for a year, anyway, is it possible to add the new VAT rate as a separate & new rate and then use that instead? I think this would be less headache if the VAT rate rises again in 2011 or so. LedgerSMB is the one thing I back-up religiously (I fear for my photos & music, having said that!), so it would not be too onerous for me to restore from a recent snapshot & reenter a handful of invoices. Considering LedgerSMB's roots, I would fear simply changing the VAT rate, as you have already done. I would be much more comfortable adding in a new one, and knowing that invoices before & after the change are referencing separate entities in the database. Stroller. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
