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Tim Cross_7724692
Tim Cross_7724692 Member Posts: 44 ✭
edited January 2020 in Reckon Accounts (Desktop)
I am using Reckon Accounts Plus 2015 and every time I try to run a quarterly BAS report it just hangs and says it is not responding. What is the point of having software that does not do what it is supposed to????? Windows 10 Pro (latest installed), perhaps a memory problem?

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  • Charley
    Charley Member Posts: 542 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2020
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    It can hang for a while if you have a large data file. Also incorrect or non entering of tax codes will make it search longer.

    Does it hang forever?

    You could try a verify data and ten rebuild data; but not sure that will help though it is something that needs to be done reasonably regularly

  • Tim Cross_7724692
    Tim Cross_7724692 Member Posts: 44 ✭
    edited January 2016
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    Ran verify data and rebuild data and still no success. I just seem to get the Building Report Screen which seems to run until 67% and then a second screen Building Report which runs to approx. 24% neither of them completing before Reckon appears to just give up and leave me with a blank BAS return on my screen! Grrrrrrr. Quicker to run the actual reports and complete manually but why should I have to?
  • Charley
    Charley Member Posts: 542 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2020
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    It leaves you a blank BAS return because you have not clicked on the G1, G2 etc buttons and allocated the correct GST codes etc;

    Once you configure the correct period and for the Oct-Dec 2015 period it comes up blank because it defaults to 2016 in 2016 and unless you make sure that the Oct - Dec period is set to 2015 then it will also be blank.

    G1 allocate GST & FRE etc etc

  • Tim Cross_7724692
    Tim Cross_7724692 Member Posts: 44 ✭
    edited January 2016
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    Thank you Charles. Had all the right codes selected but had not noticed the default date of 2016 for the quarter when configuring the return! Bingo I have my BAS Report.
  • Charley
    Charley Member Posts: 542 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2020
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    Tim; it's good practice to also use the Tax reports to reconcile against your BAS Report.

    The Tax Code exception Report-Detail will tell you what tax codes you have missed (Outputs should be 0.00; Inputs should be only your BAS Journal);

    Tax Liability Report tells you GST in and out;

    Tax Summary Report (this is a good one) should reconcile with G1 Total Sales; G3 GST Free Sales and G11 non Capital Purchases.

    Payroll Summary Report & PAYG Tax item report will give you W1 & W2. The PAYG Tax item report should reconcile with the PAYG Balance at the end of the period.

    The reports do not always reconcile with the BAS Report and if it is a material discrepance then you need to find out why? It goes without saying that you need to be pedantic with your Tax coding; ie never use GST for inputs and outputs, it stuffs everything up

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