I just finished my first year as a sole trader, and I need to reconcile my ATO tax payment against the bank feed. Should I record an expense, or just a transfer?

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Did you lodge your BAS in the GST center of QuickBooks Online? If your BAS has been lodged in QuickBooks Online, you'll need to record the BAS payment first before you can match it to your bank feed.

Here's how:

1. Go to GST, then navigate to the To Do tab.
2. Select Record Payment on the activity statement you want to record a payment against.
3. Enter the Amount paid.
4. Select the Account the payment was withdrawn from and the Date of the payment.
5. Enter a Memo for the transaction if required.
6. Select Save. 

After recording the BAS payment, let's go the banking feeds and match the payments. If you did not use the GST center to lodged your BAS, you can record the taxes paid as an expense transactions. Or you can check this link to learn more about recording BAs payment;

• Recording a GST payment (BAS Payment) in QuickBooks Online 
• Lodge your BAS or IAS in QuickBooks Online

Feel free to post again in the Community if you have further concerns. I am around to help you!

Hi, I’d like to know the answer to this question to and whilst the info provided is useful I don’t think it answers this specific question. Does the PAYG amount get recorded as other expense taxes or as a income tax payable liability or as transfer to owners drawings?