dollar_muncher
Level 1
‎July 02, 2025 05:48 PM

Can I add GST category "Out of Scope" to Deposit options in Banking transactions when applying it to Payroll Clearing. Only options presently are re sales or purchases.

I inadvertently paid Gross amount instead of Net amount wages to an employee. He has returned the difference and I am trying to send the resulting deposit back to Payroll Clearing account. However in GST box, it only allows me to enter "Out of Scope (Sales)" or "Out of Scope (Purchases)" when it is neither, it should just be "out of scope". Is there a way to add this to options in the dropdown list? Not sure what to do...

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JaneDave_I
QuickBooks Team
QuickBooks Team
‎July 02, 2025 08:13 PM

Payroll and STP

Currently, QuickBooks Online (QBO) doesn't offer a generic Out of Scope GST category for transactions unrelated to Sales or Purchases, Muncher.

 

This limits categorising transactions like deposits applied to Payroll Clearing accounts, such as correcting overpaid wages. The predefined Out of Scope for Sales and Purchases categories don't suit these situations.

 

Thus, expanding these categories would enhance flexibility and simplify the classification of financial activities beyond traditional sales and purchases.

 

We can suggest this enhancement to our Product Engineers for their consideration of adding the generic Out of Scope option in QuickBooks Online (QBO) in future updates.

 

To submit feedback, you can go to the Gear icon and select Feedback. Then, enter your suggestion and click Next to submit feedback.

 

I've also included this link in case you want to reconcile once you're done with categorisation: Start a reconciliation.

 

Feel free to reply to this post if you need further assistance.

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