LBOSS tax change from GST/PST to HST
From the LBOSS main menu, select the modules drop down
and choose POS Setup
Choose the systems option
Continue by selecting the OK option
Select the Taxes tab and then all four tax tables can be
selected with the down arrow as shown above.
Set GST to 12.000
Set PST to 0.00
Set GST VAT to 12.000
(VAT=Value Added Tax. This means
the price includes taxes)
Set SST VAT to 0.000 (SST=now old 10% liquor tax)
In some retail situations, HST will be only 5%. To our understanding that will be books and feminine
napkins. Please get the appropriate
advise on this from Canada Revenue Agency or your CGA. Details on this can be found at
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gi/gi-062/gi-062-e.html
Once you have set the tax rates, we must apply the
changes and exit out of POS setup. Hit
the OK button to save your changes and close the Systems menu. Then select the Exit option of the POS setup
window.
The next step is to change the descriptors
from GST to HST.
Changing Descriptions
Select the Maintenance option from the LBOSS main menu.
Under the Register
drop down menu, choose Totalizers
There are several
Totalizers that may have to be renamed. In
the example below, you will have to change GST Table under Description to say
HST Taxable. Not all systems will be the
same as my example so you will have to interpret your own tax configuration and
make the necessary changes. I might
suggest leaving the PST to say PST as it should not be adding taxes on the
receipt but if it was, we would be able to see what is happening. Please do NOT delete any of the
totalizers. Totalizer descriptions
range from 21 to 36.
21 Taxable 1
22 Tax 1
23 Tax exempt 1
24 Tax refund 1
25 Taxable 2
26 Tax 2
27 Tax exempt 2
28 Tax refund 2
29 Taxable 3
30 Tax 3
31 Tax exempt 3
32 Tax refund 3
33 Taxable 4
34 Tax 4
35 Tax exempt 4
36 Tax refund 4
If for example 22
said “GST” then modify it to say “HST”
If for example 23
said “GST” exempt then modify it to say “HST exempt”
Exit from the
Totalizer module but don’t exit out of the Maintenance menu.
Setting Tax Flags
Select the PLU drop
down menu and then Sub Department
We have set the PST
or SST rates to 0% so even if we don’t do the tax fags immediately, all should
still be OK but it would be good house keeping to remove any PST options from
the database. Uncheck or perhaps check the
appropriate tax settings for all sub departments and PLU’s that are not set to
follow sub department. In the example
above, we would need to uncheck the SST VAT option. Scroll through all the sub departments to set
the tax flags. Most PLU’s are set to
follow the sub department so this should cover most of the database. Any PLU not set to follow sub department
would need to be modified in this similar matter.
On items set NOT “Follow sub dept”, it would be a good idea to
review their tax flags as well as seen in the screen shot below.
Depending on your
retail products, you may need a 12%HST and a 5%GST as some products are only 5%
in retail. You can find details on this
@ http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gi/gi-062/gi-062-e.html
IMPORTANT:
After completion, go
to LBOSS main menu and select Tasks, then Deploy all changes to send the
updated information to the POS.
Liquor Retail Stores only
The LRS factor will also
need to be changed but only after you have printed June’s reports. To modify the LRS factor we edit the
LRSSR.INI file that configures this.
Once you have run your month end reports, then you can edit this file @
C:\LBOSS\Lrssr.ini with notepad editor and change as follows. Leave the GST at 0.05 and lower the SST to
0.07. The reason for leaving the SST in
place is if you need to go back and run historical reports, simplified you will
just have to edit this file and temporarily set the SST back to 10% (0.10). Also, leaving the VATSST=0.00 may cause some
calculation errors in reporting as anything times zero is zero. It is safest if we allow the two rates to
combine at 12% to represent the HST.
[GENERAL]
DiscountRate=0.16
VATGST=0.05
VATSST=0.07