Setting up the Tax Settings in Daftra Software
Taxes vary depending on the country, products, and other factors. Through Daftra, you can add all the types of taxes you want to calculate, as explained in the following guide.
How to add a New Tax to the Account
You can easily add the types of taxes you want to calculate on Daftra by going to “Tax Settings” under “Settings” in the main menu
then click on the “Add” button and enter the following new tax details:
- Tax Name
- Tax Value as a Percentage
- Tax Type: Inclusive or Exclusive
- Inclusive Tax:
The inclusive tax is part of the price set for any transaction selected with inclusive tax
Example:
If you are selling a product priced at 100 SAR, and the tax type is set to “Inclusive” in the system, then in this case, when creating the invoice, the total invoice value for the product after tax is 100 SAR,
where the product cost is 89.96 SAR, and the tax value is 13.04 SAR.
The total after tax is 100 SAR.
- Exclusive Tax:The exclusive tax is separate from the selling price and is added to the product/transaction valueExample:
If you are selling a product priced at 100 SAR, and the tax type is set to “Exclusive” in the system, then in this case, when creating the invoice, the total invoice value for the product is 115 SAR after tax is added,
where the product cost is 100 SAR only “exclusive of tax”,
and the tax value is 15 SAR
making the total after tax 115 SAR.
- Inclusive Tax:
then click on the “Save” button.
The new tax appears when you choose the type of tax applied to the product or service in invoices, as shown in the following screen
Viewing the Tax Accounts in the Chart of Accounts
When you create a new tax, the system will automatically create three accounts for this tax in the Chart of Accounts.
One main account for the required tax and within it, two sub-accounts for collected tax and payable tax.
- (Income VAT): Collected VAT and the collected amount beside it .
- (Outcome VAT): Paid VAT and the paid amount beside it.
The total difference between the two sub-accounts appears above the required VAT account.
Tax Reports
To view the reports related to taxes, click on “Accounting Reports” under “Reports” in the main menu to find both the tax report and the tax declaration. View the one you want, adjust its filters as you want, and download it.
The tax report appears to you, where you choose the type of tax you want to view the report for, as well as the time period. You can then download the report as an Excel or PDF file.
