I am using Odoo 17.0, cash basis, and attempting to account for use tax on inventory goods that I've pulled for business use. Per Washington state, use tax is due on any goods previously purchased under tax exemption at the same rate as the applicable sales tax for the jurisdiction. I'm currently stuck at how to allow the Miscellaneous Journal entry to be incorporated into the tax report.
Steps I've attempted:
- Setup
- Inventory: Virtual Locations "Business Use" & "Personal Use" which is an Inventory Loss location, with a Stock Valuation Account matching the Expense account you want to use to book the value of the asset you are consuming.
- Create NEW Internal Transfer (Inventory -> Operation -> Transfers -> Internal)
- Operation Type: "Internal Transfer"
- Destination Location: "Business Use" or "Personal Use"
- Validate
- Create NEW Miscellaneous Operation (Accounting -> Dashboard -> Miscellaneous Operations)
- Purpose: To clear "Internal Transfer" from Stock Interim (Delivered) to Owner's Drawings or Expense account and add the liability of Use Tax.
Debit | Credit |
110300 Stock Interim (Delivered) | 110100 Stock Valuation |
Debit | Credit |
600160 Supplies | 252000 Tax Payable 110300 Stock Interim (Delivered) |
This gets me to balanced books, but now I am stuck at how to generate a useful tax report. I'm also unsure if I should be utilizing cash basis accounts for step 4.
Thanks.