Posting VAT as a journal

[Lucy3]

I see in previous questions that the Vat report doesn’t pick up Vat from a journal.
Could someone suggest how to put a vehicle into the books.

[QFSteve]

Hello @Lucy3

Could you please provide more information

e.g. lease/purchase bought outright/on finance

The purchase invoice is what would be picked up by the return.

[Lucy3]

Its financed, no deposit.

[QFSteve]

Hello @Lucy3

There are several ways to record this depending on the scenario.

I found the below threads in the forum which may help

New Vehicle (Company Car) Asset Entries

Our company has purchased a vehicle , partly financed from cash at bank and part from a Hire Purchase agreement (24 months) Having not used nominal ledgers in QF before, please can you explain how to enter the asset , the HP credit and the HP payments?

Hire purchase steps please

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Van purchased - monthly payments, how best to record this

Good afternoon, I bought a van this week through finance. I paid an initial payment of £3000 which was the VAT on the invoice and the rest I will be paying off through a finance loan. Is the best way to record this as a purchase for the full amount and then set up a bank account for the finance agreement and tag the bank transactions to this every month. Any help and advise is much appreciated