Hi,
I have a question about the invoicing process and VAT for a Canadian customer (Ontario state).
Right now, when they invoice prepayments, these must be invoiced without VAT. This is according Canadian law. As soon as goods are delivered, invoices with the goods (and deductions for the prepayments) are created including VAT. So for instance prepayment invoices were created earlier for an amount of CAD 10.000 and goods are delivered for an amount of CAD 15.000. Then an invoice is created for the goods amount of CAD 5.000 with a VAT amount based on the total goods amount of CAD 15.000.
So in this case:
Goods CAD15.000
Deduction prepayments -/-CAD10.000
Subtotal CAD5.000
VAT 13% of CAD15.000 is CAD1.950
Total CAD6.950
For the customer we would like to start working with fixed price projects. So only on-account invoicing. How to handle the VAT? In fact, goods will never be invoiced, only on-accounts. When and how can the VAT be invoiced? I hope not, but could it be the case , that we have to add some kind of extra document with goods delivered to the on-account invoice and calculate VAT for those goods separately and add on-accounts with amounts so, that the VAT amount (of an on-account) represents the VAT amount for the goods?
Thanks in advance for you help on this.
Regards,
Erik