BAS and GST (Australia)

Australian restaurants need GST totals for each Business Activity Statement period. The figures are all recorded; where you read them from depends on how you lodge.

Plans

Brasserie, Signature, Enterprise

Can it be switched off?

No. It is part of every plan that includes it and cannot be switched off.

Not yet on the web dashboard

A BAS report exists in the product’s backend — it calculates G1 (total sales), G9 (GST on sales), 1A (GST payable) and 1B (GST credits), and validates the ABN — but there is no screen for it in the dashboard yet. Nothing in the web app calls it, and the Compliance screen has no BAS section.

Until there is one, use the two routes below. We are not going to put a BAS button in the documentation before it exists on your screen.

Getting your GST figures today

Through your accounting software

The better route if you already use one. Connect Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks Online, and the GST 10% and GST-free account mappings carry the tax treatment across with each synchronised order — so GST is classified in the software that prepares the statement, rather than being re-derived from a spreadsheet. See Accounting integrations.

Through the exports

If you lodge yourself or hand figures to an adviser:

• The transaction report over the BAS period gives you gross takings by payment method.
• The day report CSV export gives you per-day totals, which is the form most advisers prefer for a quarter.

Set your tax configuration first

Both routes are only as right as your tax setup. Before a BAS period starts, check under Setup → Tax and pricing that your GST rate is set, that prices are flagged correctly as tax-inclusive (Australian menu prices normally are), and that any GST-free lines are marked as such. Getting this wrong does not show up as an error — it shows up as a wrong number on a lodged statement.

See Tax and pricing.

Your ABN

Keep your ABN on file under Setup → Legal details. It belongs on tax invoices, and it is what the BAS calculation validates against when that report becomes available.