Taxes in Projects: Generated Transactions

As you work with projects, you create and process documents that may be subject to different types of taxes. When these documents are released, to update the account balances and record the taxes to the project budget, the system generates the GL transaction described in the following sections.

Transaction Generated for an AR Invoice

When you release a project-related AR invoice that is subject to taxes on the Invoices and Memos (AR301000) form, the system generates the following GL transaction.

Account Source of Account Project Debit Credit
Accounts Receivable account Customer Project in the document line Total amount 0.00
Sales account Item (if specified) or customer Non-project code 0.00 Line amount excluding taxes
Tax Payable account Tax settings Project in the document line 0.00 Document tax amount

You can view the reference number of the GL batch on the Financial tab of the Invoices and Memos form.

Transaction Generated for an AP Bill

When you release a project-related AP bill that is subject to sales taxes on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form, the system generates the following GL transaction.

Account Source of Account Project Debit Credit
Accounts Payable account Vendor Project in the document line 00.00 Amount + tax amount
PO Accrual account (for stock items and non-stock items requiring receipt) Dependent on the setting of the posting class of the item specified in the Use PO Accrual Account From box on the Posting Classes (IN206000) form Non-project code Amount 00.00
Expense account (for non-stock items not requiring receipt) Item
Tax Expense account Tax Project in the document line Tax amount 00.00

When you release a project-related AP bill that is subject to use taxes on the Bills and Adjustments form, the system generates the following GL transaction.

Account Source of Account Project Debit Credit
Accounts Payable account Vendor X (non-project code) 00.00 Amount
PO Accrual account (for stock items and non-stock items requiring receipt) Dependent on the setting of the posting class of the item specified in the Use PO Accrual Account From box on the Posting Classes form Project in the document line Amount 00.00
Expense account (for non-stock items not requiring receipt) Item
Tax Expense account Tax code Project in the document line Tax amount 00.00
Tax Payable account Tax code Non-project code 00.00 Tax amount

You can view the reference number of the GL batch generated for a particular AP bill in the Batch Nbr. box on the Financial tab of the Bills and Adjustments form. You can click the link in this box to view the details of the batch on the Journal Transactions (GL301000) form.