Your ABN must appear on all documents

ISSUE:
When you register for GST you are given an Australian Business Number (ABN). The GST Act states that your ABN must appear on all documents issued when making or adjusting taxable supplies i.e. on Tax Invoices and Adjustment Notes (formerly credit notes). You need to capture this in Pastel in order to comply with the Act.

SOLUTION 1: USE ONE OF SAGE PASTEL’S TEN COMPANY INFORMATION FIELDS
Sage Pastel is a global accounting solution, and has many flexible features to allow it to be customised per country. Because different companies around the world often want to show their own information on documents, there are 5 fields for Company Name and Address details (you can list any information in these fields) as well as 5 fields for other Company Information. You should type the ABN into one of these fields (see the Setup…Company Parameters option).

SOLUTION 2: USE SAGE PASTEL’S FORMS DESIGNER TO ADD THE ABN TO DOCUMENTS
There is no such thing as ‘the perfect Tax Invoice layout’ for any business - some businesses will want to show document lines ex-tax with the GST charged, some will just want to show the GST-inclusive price, some may want to show all three. The Sage Pastel Forms Designer lets you design Tax Invoices, Adjustment Notes, Purchase Orders, Statements, Remittances, etc. to suit your business needs. You can add Pastel database fields (e.g the word ‘Inclusive’ or ‘Exclusive’ per document), a bitmap (e.g. for your company logo) or any amounts of standard text. If you are using all your Company Information fields for other purposes, you could use the Pastel Forms Designer to add the ABN as a piece of text on any / all documents. To do this, select Utility … Forms Designer and open the standard invoice (usually CSDOCSP.ENG) to modify it. The Forms Designer On-line Help (accessed by pressing the F1 key when using the Forms Designer) will explain the names of each document, and how to use the Forms Design system.