British Columbia
Smartbills reads each tax from each receipt line, sending the GST to your input tax credit and keeping the PST in the cost.
BC PST and GST on separate lines, every time
The GST at 5% and the PST at 7%, or 10% on liquor and 8% on accommodation, stay as separate amounts on each receipt line. The input tax credit is built from the GST alone, and the PST is kept in the cost of what was bought, which is how your accountant has to book it anyway.
- GST and PST kept apart on every line
- PST on liquor, accommodation and services recorded as charged
- Only the GST sent to the input tax credit
PST is a cost, not a credit
BC's 7% PST can't be claimed back the way GST can, and it belongs in the cost of the expense. Smartbills keeps the PST line apart from the GST, books it to the expense account and claims only the 5% GST as an input tax credit.
- PST added to the cost of the expense
- Only the 5% GST claimed as an ITC
- Liquor at 10% PST kept on its own line
Why teams switch
The tax is on the receipt, not the card statement.
Our bookkeeper claims 12% of every total, and the PST was never ours to claim.
GST and PST come in as separate amounts. Only the GST reaches the input tax credit and the PST stays in the expense.
Hotel bills in Whistler and Victoria carry three taxes, and nobody knows which one we can claim.
Each tax on the folio is kept on its own line: GST claimed, PST and the municipal tax expensed.
Receipts for software and legal fees carry PST too, and those are the ones nobody expects.
The tax comes from the receipt itself. PST on services is recorded wherever it was charged.
Before and after
What changes on a B.C. receipt.
12% of the total puts PST in the claim, and PST was never recoverable. The receipt already shows the two amounts.
| Capability | Card statement and photos | With Smartbills |
|---|---|---|
| GST and PST | 12% of the total | Two amounts, from the receipt |
| PST in the claim | Often claimed by mistake | Kept in the expense |
| Hotel taxes | One lump sum | GST, PST and municipal tax apart |
| Getting receipts in | Photos at month end | From the merchant or the mailbox |
Integrations
Works with the tools you already use.
Your accounting software, bank feeds and card program, with data syncing in both directions.
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Sage
- FreshBooks
- Wave
- MYOB
- Zoho Books
- NetSuite
- SAP
- Oracle
- Dynamics 365
- Square
- Shopify
- Clover
- Toast
- Lightspeed
- WooCommerce
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Adyen
- Wise
- Plaid
- Chase
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
- RBC
- TD
- BMO
- Scotiabank
- Desjardins
- Brex
- Ramp
- Float
- Mercury
- Gusto
- ADP
- Deel
- Rippling
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- OneDrive
- Box
- Gmail
- Outlook
- Google Analytics
- Snowflake
- Looker
- Databricks
- Google Cloud
- Metabase
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Notion
- Zapier
- Airtable
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
The products that do the work.
Each product works on its own, and when you run two, the same record carries from the receipt to the ledger entry.
Expense management
Capture receipts, categorize expenses and check policy compliance as expenses are submitted.
Expense reports
Expense report software that attaches the receipts for you, works out mileage, routes the approval and shows each employee when they'll be paid back.
Email receipt capture
Connect Gmail, Outlook, Zoho Mail or IMAP. Automatically collect receipts and invoices from the folders you choose, including Archive and Spam.
Accounting automation
Accounting automation software that codes each transaction and posts the journal entry to your accounting software the day it happens.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What people ask us before they sign up.
Get started
Split a month of B.C. receipts properly.
Connect a mailbox and a card. GST and PST come in as separate amounts, and only the GST goes to the claim.