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Starting August 1st, 2007, the EHF (environmental handling fee) will be levied on the sale of new products in the designated categories sold in or into the province of British Columbia. 100% of the program revenue will be used for the administration, collection, transportation, and responsible recycling of end-of-life electronics. For more details visit the Encorp web site
The easiest way to setup for the EHF is to create it as an ECO tax (taxes 7 & 8) in System 5. An example setup is in the image below (Type F for Fixed, Apply GST and PST in the Tax on Tax section, the rates are specified on the Encorp web site ). You can name the tax areas whatever you like (they cannot be more than 2 characters however). The ledger number used can be any of your choosing as well (ensure to create it in your Chart of Accounts afterwards - it displays in yellow here as it doesn't exist yet).
The Name can be anything you choose as well, but you should set the Tax Name to match it. The name is what will be displayed on your invoice screen and printouts. As the EHF needs to be displayed on the customer invoice, using EHF as the name seems reasonable.
You need to edit the appropriate inventory items and under the Taxes tab, select the correct tax you have setup (either 7 or 8) and then choose the correct tax name from the drop down lost for the fee amount required).
Once you have setup the above and modified the required inventory items, when they are added to an invoice they will add the necessary amount of EHF to the new tax and the GST and PST (if applicable) will be charged on that amount as well. This amount will accumulate in the ledger chosen during the tax setup.
Author: jkirby Editor: arose Last Edited: 17-Aug-2007