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Readysell has asked a number of accountants for advice on how to handle supplier rebates. We have received conflicting advice. Some advising us to handle rebates as other income, some advising us to handle rebates as a reduction in cost of goods sold. Readysell can't advise on accounting matters and particularly can't advise on this matter. The procedure below is one way of handling supplier rebates. Please seek advice from your accountant about the procedure you should use. Readysell takes no responsability for the approach below.

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The amount and timeing of tax you pay the tax office should be the same under both appraochesapproaches. The way your BAS report figures are broken up will vary.
Speak to your accountant for further advice. 

Forms of supplier rebate

A supplier rebate can be received in the form of two things:

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Firstly you need to account for the Rebate and secondly the actual Refund of Money Received
If the supplier is set up as a card then follow the steps below:

  1. Log onto readysell
  2. Select Relationships
  3. Select Supplier Transactions
  4. Select Supplier Credit
  5. Click on New
  6. Enter the date that the deposit was made onto the bank statement onto the supplier credit
  7. Select the Supplier Card
  8. Enter into the description field something like 'Supplier Rebate Received'
  9. On the line level select the General Ledger Account to stand for the Supplier Rebate Received
  10. Either leave the default descrption of change it
  11. Enter either the Value Inc or Value Ex and the tax code = INP or GST (seeing warning - based upon where in the chart your rebate received general ledger account resides)
Warning

If you use a general ledger account that is cost of goods sold your tax code should probably be "INP" as tax relates to a input to your business. If you use an other income account, your tax code should probably be "GST" as tax relates to other sales income you are recoginsing. Speak to your accoutant for further advice.


  1. Check the header value lines up to the value of the deposit.
  2. Click on Finalise 

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Now to account for either the Deposit received or cheque received onto the supplier account.

  1. Log onto readysell

  2. Select Relationships

  3. Select Supplier Transactions

  4. Select Supplier Payments

  5. Click on New

  6. Enter the date that the deposit was made onto the bank statement onto the supplier payment

  7. Select the Supplier Card

  8. Enter into the description field a reference off the 'supplier rebate received' and maybe the cheque no

  9. Into the Payment Reference field, enter something off the Bank Statement or the cheque number
  10. Enter the value in BACKWARDS with a MINUS Sign in front of it EG $-110 (as the supplier if depositing money into your account)

  11. Click on Finalise and Allocate

  12. Allocate the backwards supplier payment against the orgiinal supplier credit. Finalise and allocate button


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Entering a bank Payment backwards to stand for the supplier rebate received if the Supplier Rebate Account is a form of COGS otherwise you can enter a bank deposit if the Supplier Rebate Account is set up as a form of Income.
Speak to your accountant for further advice. 

Ensure that on the Supplier Rebate Received General Ledger account that the transaction type of CBKPAY Maintaining GL Accounts, Tenders and Tax Codes to Transaction Types

  1. Log onto readysell

  2. Select Financials

  3. Select Cashbook
  4. Select Bank Payments or Bank Deposit ( based upon where in the chart your rebate received general ledger account resides)

  5. Click on New

  6. Enter the date that the deposit appears on the bank statement 

  7. Select the correct tender
  8. Select the bank account that the deposit is being made into 
  9. Enter into the description field a reference off the 'supplier rebate received' and or if you have a maybe the cheque no

  10. Into the Payment Reference field, enter something off the Bank Statement or if a cheque was received the cheque number
  11. On the line level level , select the General Ledger account for 'Supplier Rebate Received' and Enter the value in BACKWARDS with a MINUS Sign in front of it EG $-100 (as the supplier is depositing money into your account) if you are considering it a COGS if it is a form of Income just enter the value with no sign.

  12. Click on Finalise.

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