Hi, I have asked one of our libraries using acquisitions to take a look at the questions, forwarding their answers: - If you get quoted a price for an item, is that price inclusive or exclusive of tax? * Usually inclusive, fixed retail price. * We do not order much internationally. - Do you want to be able to account for taxes in a separate fund from the fund that pays for the main cost of the item? * No, in my library, we don't need that. - As a library, are there taxes that you would pay when purchasing items that subsequently get refunded at the end of the year? * No, we don't get any refund at the end of the year. - If a vendor gives you a discount, is the discount applied to the pre-tax price or the price that includes tax? * The discount is applied on price including tax. - What factors govern the tax rate that applies to a given item? * It depends on the origin of the vendor (France, European Union, Non European Union), but the German tax law applies I can add to the last question that in Germany different tax rates apply for books/printed materials and electronic resources. Who is next? :) Katrin -- Katrin Fischer Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Wuerttemberg (BSZ) 78457 Konstanz / Germany Phone: +49 7531 - 88 4934 E-Mail: katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de http://bsz-bw.de
-----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha- bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of BOUIS Sonia Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 2:46 PM To: Galen Charlton Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Prices and tax in koha (also send on koha-devel)
Hi, I'm not very fast to answer but I'm still interested by the question so I will try to answer at Galen's questions and I hope that there'll be several answers. - If you get quoted a price for an item, is that price inclusive or exclusive of tax? It depends on the vendor : some are giving price including tax and other not. But they always do the same manner. - Do you want to be able to account for taxes in a separate fund from the fund that pays for the main cost of the item? No, in my library, we don't need that. But I think it's true in other institutions - As a library, are there taxes that you would pay when purchasing items that subsequently get refunded at the end of the year? No, we don't have any refund at the end of the year - If a vendor gives you a discount, is the discount applied to the pre-tax price or the price that includes tax? The discount is applied on price including tax - What factors govern the tax rate that applies to a given item? It depends on the origin of the vendor (France, European Union, Non European Union)
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