I have a expense when preparing my bas that was from 25/08/19 how do I get rid of that expense to do BAS? It’s for $2,700 and is an owners savings account for a tax bill

Hi giffajoe,

Most likely the expense you have created has a GST code of purchases or Out of Scope assigned on the line item, which will include it in the overall figures within the BAS summary. 

Whilst we cannot provide accountant advice on the best way to exclude the Tax Bill from your BAS lodgements for your books, from our standpoint, opening up the expense and instead of choosing Exclusive or Inclusive of tax on the overall expense, you would need to select Out of Scope. This way, no GST component would be applied to the expense at all, and would not be included in the figures on the BAS.

Overall it may be best to reach out to your accountant or bookkeeper to advise on what is the best way to exclude this payment for your books. 

Thanks,

-Steven