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AcuInvoice Forum: Powerful Online Invoicing » Features

VAT Invoices & AcuInvoice

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  • Started 9 months ago by acuinvoice
  • Latest reply from sidney

  1. acuinvoice
    Key Master

    We've had a number of customers contact us about making AcuInvoice more compatible with VAT taxing structures. We'd like to hear from our users what all we would need to make AcuInvoice more friendly for your particular situation. Things we have heard so far:
    1. Add a VAT number/Company registration number field to both your company, and the client company and display it on the invoice. Question: does this typically get displayed in the address block of the client, or would it be ok if we displayed this information toward the bottom of the invoice template--for example, around the area where you can currently add notes.

    2. Allow users to specify what the tax is called. Currently, the tax is set to "sales tax"...perhaps we should have a variable where the user can set the name of the tax.

    3. Translations. We've had requests for more translations (particularly requests for Dutch).

    I would like to have more feedback from users regarding what things would need to be added in order to make AcuInvoice more (insert your country)-friendly.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  2. anthonyama
    Member

    yup, you got it right sidney...

    just posting some Q and A on making a compliant Australian Tax Invoice -

    1. First, a very basic question: Is the Australian "Tax Invoice" a document that has a purpose identical to a US "Invoice"? In other words, are all invoices sent to an Australian recipient inherently a "Tax Invoice" or are there instances when it might be something other than this?\

    A. YES. all invoices that handle GST in Australia need to be labelled "Tax Invoice" and "Sales Tax" in the sub total area also needs to say "GST" instead of Sales Tax.

    2. If someone from Australia invoices someone in another country--let's say the US--would it be customary for the Australian company to send a "Tax Invoice"? If so, does it have any function different than a standard invoice? Could the US company, for example, use the Tax Invoice to reclaim the VAT from the Australian government?

    A. We cannot collect GST from foreign companies - but we still need to send a compliant "Tax Invoice". If I had to bill a US client I'd set the tax percentage to zero - or not check the tax box so no tax applies. The invoice will still need to be "tax invoice" compliant for auditing purposes here in Australia.

    Q. So basically my two question are a) are all invoices where both the sender and recipient reside in Australia "tax invoices" and b) if one party resides outside of Australia, is it still a tax invoice or is it just an invoice?

    A. Its just the one invoice. Its a "Tax Invoice" and "sales Tax" is "GST". That makes it a compliant invoice for the purpose of issuance by/to Australian businesses/recipients.

    now, can you give me a timeline when this can be done so I can sign up and you can make some $ from me?

    ta

    Posted 7 months ago #

  3. sidney
    Key Master

    Anthony,
    Thanks for the great feedback. I'll be contacting you via email. As for the timeline, we need to write some specs on this first--and I'd like to design a solution that would work for a variety of countries. Do you mind if I contact you regarding these specs?

    Posted 7 months ago #

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