BAS Report

Zoho Books helps you in generating the BAS (Business Activity Statement) report for your business in Australia. The BAS report is generated based on the transactions you record with tax in Zoho Books.

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Tax Settings

The BAS Report will be generated based on your tax settings.

To configure your tax settings:

Go to Settings on the top right corner of the page.
Select Taxes under Taxes & Compliance.
In the Taxes pane, select Tax Settings.

Here, you can configure your ABN, Reporting Period, Tax Basis, and choose the date from which you wish to gene your first tax return.
After making the desired changes, click Save.

Insight: If you have already generated a tax return, you need to delete it to change the default tax settings.

Generate BAS Report

You can generate your BAS report based on your tax settings. Here’s how:

Go to the Reports module in the left sidebar.
In the Taxes section, select BAS.
Click the Generate New BAS button.

The BAS Report will contain the following details:

Sales Entities

Purchase Entities

Simpler BAS Report

You can also view the Simpler BAS Report for the return that you have generated. Here’s how:

Go to the Reports module in the left sidebar.
In the Taxes section, select BAS.
Select the return for which you wish to view the Simpler BAS.
Click the Simpler BAS tab on top of the page.

Adjustments

After you have generated a BAS report, you can make account adjustments in it. Here’s how:

Go to the Reports module in the left sidebar.
In the Taxes section, select BAS.
Select the desired return.
Click Make Adjustment.

Enter the Date and the Reason for the adjustment.
Select the Account to Debit and Credit, and enter the respective amounts.
Click Save.

File Return

You can choose to file the BAS return that you have generated. Here’s how:

Go to the Reports module in the left sidebar.
In the Taxes section, select BAS.
Select the return you wish to file.
Click Mark as Filed.

Enter the Date of Filing.
Click OK.

Unfile Return

After you have filed a return, you can choose to unfile it. Here’s how:

Go to the Reports module in the left sidebar.
In the Taxes section, select BAS.
Select the return you wish to unfile.
Click Mark as Unfiled.
Click OK to confirm.

After doing this, the return will be unfiled and you can choose to file it again.

Record Payment

You can record payment for a return that you have filed. Here’s how:

Go to the Reports module in the left sidebar.
In the Taxes section, select BAS.
Select the return for which you wish to record the payment.

Insight: You can record payment only for a filed return.

Click Record Payment next to the return.

Enter the following details.

Fields	Description
Paid Through	Select the bank account which tracks the payment.
Amount Paid	Enter the amount you wish to pay based on the Amount Due.
Payment Date	Enter the date on which you are making the payment.
Reference Number	Enter a reference number for this payment.
Description	Enter a brief description about the payment.