1. GST By Alex Greenwood

2. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade Checking GST Settings in 2007/08 before upgrade - Default Tax Codes Tax Types Inland Revenue Supplier GST Reports Back Up

3. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade Default Tax Code Ensure the default tax code is set to ‘S’ before the upgrade (Edit  Preferences  Tax  Company Preferences)

4. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade Inland Revenue Supplier You need to ensure there is ONE Inland Revenue supplier If you have more than one that does not have any transactions you should rename this. I use Old I.R.D and make this inactive

5. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade It is vital that you ensure that the Tax Types are correct in 2007/08 If these are incorrect and the file upgraded, you cannot change these in 2010/11 Lets see what they should be…

6. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade Tax Types: (List  Tax Code List) S = Goods & Services Tax I = GST Free/Goods & Services Tax E = GST Free Z = GST Free N = GST Free

7. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade Reports Run your reports before the upgrade, we suggest running; GST 101 Tax Summary Trial Balance Ensure the date ranges on all the reports are the same!!

8. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – PRE Upgrade BACKUP!!

9. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – POST Upgrade Checking the Inland Revenue Supplier is now the Tax Agent Default Tax Code Ensure Tax Agency is selected in Preferences Setup of Tax Codes Setup of Tax Items GST Reports Backup

10. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 – POST Upgrade Lets have a look in 2010/11…

11. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 - Challenges More than one Inland Revenue Supplier? Have a look at the QuickReport and locate the correct one & rename the other ones Tax Types come through incorrectly in 2010/11? Go back to 2007/08 and check the tax types are loaded correctly

12. Upgrading GST to QuickBooks 2010/11 Questions?