GST Compliance | Input Tax
Tagged at the bill. Not at quarter end.
Every bill line is tagged claimable or blocked when it is captured, while the person who raised it still remembers what it was for. Blocked categories are flagged at entry rather than argued about three months later, so the claim you file is the claim you can support.
What the system does
Capability, input, output.
| Capability | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Tag at capture | Bill lines as they are entered | Claimable or blocked per line, with the reason recorded |
| Blocked-item flagging | Bill against expense category | Blocked categories excluded from the claim and shown as excluded |
| Partial exemption | Supplies split by treatment | Claim apportioned where your business makes both taxable and exempt supplies |
| Evidence attached | Supplier tax invoice | The document supporting the claim held against the bill, not in a mailbox |
| Return feed | Tagged bills for the period | Input tax box on the F5 drafted, traceable per line |
| Review queue | Bills the system is unsure about | A short queue for a human, rather than every bill |
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Tag at capture
- Input
- Bill lines as they are entered
- Output
- Claimable or blocked per line, with the reason recorded
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Blocked-item flagging
- Input
- Bill against expense category
- Output
- Blocked categories excluded from the claim and shown as excluded
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Partial exemption
- Input
- Supplies split by treatment
- Output
- Claim apportioned where your business makes both taxable and exempt supplies
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Evidence attached
- Input
- Supplier tax invoice
- Output
- The document supporting the claim held against the bill, not in a mailbox
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Return feed
- Input
- Tagged bills for the period
- Output
- Input tax box on the F5 drafted, traceable per line
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Review queue
- Input
- Bills the system is unsure about
- Output
- A short queue for a human, rather than every bill
Input Tax FAQ
What buyers ask.
Will this recover input tax we are currently missing?
Sometimes, though we would rather set expectations honestly than quote you a percentage we cannot stand behind in your business. What it reliably prevents is the reverse: claims that should not have been made, which is the side that costs you when a position is reviewed.
How does it know what is blocked?
Blocked categories are configured against your expense categories and applied when the bill is captured. The specifics of what is blocked are worth confirming with your tax advisor and are set once rather than remembered per bill.
We make both taxable and exempt supplies. Is apportionment handled?
Yes. Where your supplies are split, the claim is apportioned on the basis you configure, and the workpaper showing how it was computed is kept with the period. That workpaper is usually the thing a reviewer actually wants.
What if the supplier invoice is missing?
The claim is held rather than quietly taken. A claim without its supporting document is the one that gets disallowed, so the system treats a missing invoice as a blocker on the line, not a footnote.
Does this work with reverse charge on imported services?
Yes, and it is handled at capture. When a bill from an overseas supplier is entered, both the output and the input sides post to the right boxes, so the reverse charge is not a quarter-end sweep to find what you missed.
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