How to Make a Tax Payment

When you MUST pay GST/QST, you must process it in Proprio Expert expense module.

ATTENTION All payments must be made by the last day of the quarter. Once your tax return has been filed, you must not enter any more transactions in the quarter in question, otherwise your tax return will be incorrect. You will have to enter them in the following quarter.

Example: For the period January 1 to March 31, you will need to make the expenditure as of March 31. This resets the data for the next quarter.

Case study presentation
For a given period, here are the results obtained:

  • 2030 GST collected on revenues: $1,000
  • 2035 GST paid on purchases: $250
  • 2045 QST collected on revenues: $2000
  • 2050 QST paid on purchases: $500

Therefore, you owe the Ministère du Revenu :

  • GST: $750
  • QST: $1500
  1. Go to the “Accounting” tab and the “Expenses” sub-tab.

2. Click on “Add”.

3. From the supplier drop-down list, select “Ministère du Revenu”. Enter the date of the last day of the quarter, in this example 2023-03-31.

4. Select the company “Assignation”, select account “2030”, enter the description “QST collected” and enter the amount “$1000”. Do not check “Taxable”.

5. Click on “Add an item”.

6. Select the “2035” account, enter the description “QST paid” and enter the amount “-$250”. Do not check “Taxable”.

7. Click on “Add an item”.

8. Select account “2045”, enter the description “GST collected” and enter the amount “$2000”. Do not check “Taxable”.

9. Click on “Add an item”.

10. Select account “2050”, enter the description “GST paid” and enter the amount “-$500”. Do not check “Taxable”.

11. Click on “Finish”.

12. To validate that your transaction has been entered correctly, pull up the tax report again, which should show $0.00.

13. To make a tax payment, go to “Accounting” and the “Disbursements” sub-tab.

14. Make sure you’ve chosen the right month.

15. Enter the actual date of payment, select the method of payment, the bank account to be withdrawn from, then enter the total amount to be paid.

You have now processed a tax payment.