AP Bad Debt Relief

Explanation

Businesses can claim Input Tax once an Invoice is received from the supplier, regardless if the business has paid for the Invoice.

However, if after 6 months, the business still have not paid for the Invoice, either fully / partially, the business will have to declare this particular Invoice as AP Bad Debt, which will increase the Output Tax for the month.

Guide

1. Control Panel > System Admin > EMP Configurations > Tax > Sales (Output Tax) : assign a GL Code as Default GL Code for AP Bad Debt Relief ( Refer to GST Setup User Guide (2015-04-01), 3.2: Sales (Output Tax)

2. Extended Modules > Malaysia GST > Supplier (AP) Bad Debt Relief

3. Date (as of) : Select the 2015 October filling cycle, system will list out the 2015 April outstanding documents. Select the Supplier Invoice to declare Bad Debt, then click "Declare Bad Debt"

Detail explanation on the listing above 

Document

Supplier Invoices that have outstanding amount 6 months after being issued

Amount Before Tax

Supplier Invoice total amount before tax

GST Input Tax Amount

Tax amount for the Supplier Invoice

Current Outstanding Amount Before Tax

Supplier Invoice current outstanding amount before tax

GST for Bad Debt to Declare/Declared

Tax amount for the outstanding amount

4. Once you click "Declare Bad Debt", a Credit Memo will automatically be created to record the bad debt.

5. Please proceed with the Input Tax Filling Step (Input Tax Filing)

6. The CM recorded in Output Tax Invoice Report, tax code: AJS (Output Tax Invoice Report)

7. GST-03 Report, on 5b Total Output Tax (Inclusive of Bad Debt Recovered & other Adjustments)