California 1 percent (1%) Lumber tax
This article provides instruction and information on setting up California 1 percent (1)% Lumber tax. Creating a department Assigning the department Assigning tax definitions Creating a department In Paladin, from the main menu, select File >Setup. Select the Dept tab. Under the ID and Name field, click New. In the Name box, enter LUMBER. Enter […]
California Agriculture exemption tax
This article provides instruction and information on setting up California Agriculture exemption tax. Creating a department Assigning the department Assigning tax definitions Assign agriculture tax exemption to all qualifying clients Creating a department In Paladin, from the main menu, select File > Setup. Select the Dept tab. Under the ID and Name field, click New. […]
Safeguard: Manager override when Tax flag disabled in Invoice/Quote
To avoid the tax flag from being disabled when processing a transaction in Paladin’s Invoice/Quote module, manager approval is required in order to uncheck the Tax box. For the tax flag to be active or disabled for all items, the top checkbox is used. For the tax flag to be active or disabled for individual […]
Tax Holiday Set Up
A tax holiday is a time period when some items are sold tax-free or partially tax-free. For example, during a tax holiday, customers may purchase outdoor recreation items or school supplies and not pay sales tax. Or customers may purchase some more expensive items, such as a $400 bicycle, but only pay tax on the […]
Accounts receivable and sales tax reporting
Paladin Data Corp’s accounting calculations and reporting methods, including sales tax reporting, follow generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and are designed to reconcile all presented data. Understanding the timing of revenue recognition is key to understanding sales tax reporting in Paladin. Investopedia, a global corporate finance and accounting firm, provides the following summary of revenue […]
Reports: Sales Tax Details
The Sales Tax Details report provides state, county, and city tax details by invoice line item and includes a tax summary with taxable and non-taxable sales totals. The report opens as an Excel worksheet and can be created for a period of up to 31 days. Figure 1 shows an example of the line items […]
Avalara AvaTax™
This article provides instruction and information on the following: About Avalara AvaTax™ Client requirements for integrating with Avalara How to set up Avalara AvaTax™ with Paladin How to manually update Avalara AvaTax™ address information How to manually send offline transactions to Avalara AvaTax™ How to manually update Avalara AvaTax™ tax information How to manually compare […]
Avalara AvaTax™: Customer tax exempt code added
Note: This feature is for stores that use the Avalara AvaTax™ service with Paladin. Note: If you see the tax subtotal on the main Invoice screen, Avalara isn’t enabled. Only the pre-tax subtotal is shown in the bottom-right corner of the screen when Avalara is enabled. If you just enabled Avalara, restart Paladin before testing […]
Taxes
IMPORTANT: You must set up the tax definition before you can follow any other procedures listed in this article. The following provide instruction and information on the following: How to set up a tax definition How to set up Tax Free definition How to assign a tax definition How to create a tax exemption message […]
How to create a Comparative Revenue Report
This article provides instruction and information on the following: How to create a Comparative Revenue report Information about the Sales Tax Detail section of the Comparative Revenue report How to set Comparative Revenue report export How to set up department groups for the Comparative Revenue report Note: Refer to the following for detailed instruction on […]
Do It Best: How to set up electronic coupons
Paladin supports and automatically processes the Do It Best (DIB) family of dollar off coupons. The data to drive this customer-friendly program is transmitted to your store inside the existing file maintenance download files. As each coupon is reviewed and processed, the “retail” price of each coupon is set to a negative value. This allows […]
Ace Hardware: Override Instant Savings Taxable Value
Ace Hardware’s Instant Savings integration was originally built to allow sales tax to be calculated on the item’s original price, not the final Instant Savings price. While this is correct for most states, we have found some states allow reduced sales tax to be collected in some instances, such as Instant Savings. Should your store […]
