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Sales tax: rates, registrations, tax on transactions

Start with your country's rates in one click (Canada's GST/HST, QST and PST, or UAE VAT), add your registration, and pick the tax on each category. Amounts include tax, as on a receipt.

Set up

Where in the app: Accounting → Sales tax

  1. 1

    Use the starter for your country

    Creates the tax account and the usual rates for your country (and province in Canada).

  2. 2

    Add your registration

    The authority, your number, how often you file, and since when.

  3. 3

    Adjust rates

    Add, rename or archive. A rate in use keeps its percentage.

Not registered? Set nothing up and no tax picker appears.

Tax on transactions

Choose the tax beside each category. Amounts include tax, so 113.00 with HST 13% is split into 100.00 of sales and 13.00 of tax collected, and the form says so as you type. Tax you paid is split out only when you can claim it back.

What you should see

What you should see

  • A tax liability account (usually 2200) on your chart
  • Reports → Sales tax shows collected, claimable and what you owe
  • The filing periods follow your registration

Read next

  • The sales tax report

    Tax collected, tax you can claim back, and what you owe or get back, for each filing period your registration sets.

    Read the guide

  • Approaching the UAE VAT threshold

    Registration becomes required once taxable sales pass AED 375,000 over 12 months. Bookalyze tells you when you're close; here's what changes when you register.

    Read the guide

  • Create a buyer's invoice and send it through Amazon

    A tax invoice (or a plain invoice when you're not registered) drawn from the order in seconds, in English and Arabic, and sent to the buyer through Amazon without leaving Bookalyze.

    Read the guide