GST on journals for services paid directly through cash or bank

You can post invoices and credit memos from journals. The GST calculation logic applied to journals is same as the logic used for documents.

This article explains the GST calculation process.

Create a general journal or a bank or cash payment voucher

1. Choose the icon, enter General Journal, and then choose the related link.

2. Select Party Type, Party Code, and Location Code.

   Note

   You must set the GST Party Type to Vendor, and the GST vendor type in Party Code should be Unregistered.

3. Select G/L Account in account type and G/L Account or Bank Account in balancing account type, and then select the cash or bank accounts.

4. GST (CGST/SGST/UTGST/IGST) to be calculated on Direct Expenses (Services) being paid through cash or bank, any legal fees, telephone expenses, etc.

Example

For example, there's an expense of INR 10,000 and 18% GST (that is, 9% CGST and 9% SGST/UTGST in case of Intra-State or Intra-Union Territory transaction or 18% IGST in case of Inter-State transaction) has to be charged on expense amount.

GST calculations in the Fact Box

In this example, GST calculations appear in the Fact Box as shown in the following table.

GL entries for intra-state or intra-union territory purchase

For this example, the following table shows the GL entries for intra-state or intra-union territory purchases of services where service provider is unregistered.

GL entries for inter-state purchase

For this example, the following table shows the GL entries for inter-state purchase of services where service provider is unregistered.

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