GST/HST Payable YE Journal Entry

Webcanadian · ‎January 09, 2024

My accountant posted a debit YE journal entry of $130.62 to GST/HST Payable at the end of September as part of our company's YE closing. When I went to file the GST34 Sales Tax Return, QuickBooks complained that the sales tax return was NOT ready to file. The "Amount not assigned a line on your tax return" was -130.62.

I tried making the adjustment to line 104 and line 107 but the message never goes away. It just calculates the Net tax to what I expect to be the corrected amount and then still shows the error. Is there a better way to correct this that will remove that error message? Or is the issue the fact that this was posted as a journal entry and will only show up for this Q1 sales tax filing?

Any help is appreciated. I'm using QuickBooks Pro 2021 desktop edition.

Thanks!

Webcanadian · ‎January 10, 2024

I found the problem. When posting a JE for GST/HST Payable account there is another column called "TAX ITEM" which needs to be selected in order for the payable to be assigned to the correct category - GST, GST(ITC), GST(ITC) Adjustments, etcetra..

Once I set this the error in the File Sale Tax Return disappeared and the amount in question showed up on the correct line in the GST return.

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Alex M · ‎January 10, 2024

Hi there Webcanadian,

Thanks for reaching out about your tax return. QuickBooks Desktop is a great tool able to help you keep track of tax on sales and expenses so you know the amount to file to the government. I can point you in the right direction for assistance with this error while marking your taxes as filed.

For assistance in resolving this error, I recommend reaching out to the QuickBooks Dekstop support team. They'll be able to view the error as well as the journal entry with you in a secure setting in order to help you resolve the situation so you can mark your taxes as filed. You can reach them using the methods outlined in the QuickBooks Desktop software support policies.

If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out here.

Webcanadian · ‎January 10, 2024

I found the problem. When posting a JE for GST/HST Payable account there is another column called "TAX ITEM" which needs to be selected in order for the payable to be assigned to the correct category - GST, GST(ITC), GST(ITC) Adjustments, etcetra..

Once I set this the error in the File Sale Tax Return disappeared and the amount in question showed up on the correct line in the GST return.

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