Hello:
OK. GP 10.0 with service pack 5. Most of the items entered in Purchase Order Processing are going to be noninventoried items. The exception is going to be a Sales Inventory item called "USE TAX".
This item will be manually added on the Purchasing Invoice Entry window because, by that time, the client will know how much tax they will have to put on their invoice and report to the state.
They cannot simply enter an amount in tax, as they need a formal USE TAX line item to track by.
OK. So, I created a PO with one noninventoried item and successfully received it in.
Then, I auto-invoiced the noninventoried item. Next, I entered a line item for the inventoried item "USE TAX".
When I clicked "Distributions", two things happened that really upset the living daylights out of me. First, a line was created for "PURCH" for the USE TAX. That's good, and that's what I wanted.
But, the account that I placed for the item in Item Accounts Maintenance did not default in. When I tried to type it in, I got that wonderful message saying that you cannot change the account at the summary level and to do so at the line item level, instead.
Well, I'd love to do that. But, when I click on line item entry, there is no field for account.
Not only that, it really would have been nice to have had a corresponding credit to Use Tax Payable. Instead the whole payable amount for the invoice got booked into Accounts Payable. I don't want to force the client to have to break out the payables amounts in the distributions screen manually. Is there no an account in Item Accounts Maintenance to place this payable?
I think that it's pretty obvious what my question is: How in the world do I get this USE TAX business to work?
Thanks!!!
John