BAS Lodgement: Finalise the BAS

Select "Finalise BAS now" to finalise the BAS:

Note: You will need to click "Finalise BAS Now" to output documents for review.

You can still recreate the outputs by re-running the BAS Wizard to replace the BAS outputs if transactions require an update to transaction coding or other amendments before lodging. 

Note: By ticking "Create Payable" (or receivable) an invoice will be created.

The invoice will populate the correct coding for the BAS withholding accounts and will populate the ATO as the payee/payer and will contain the BPay reference number. See below, for an example of the invoice.

As of v2020.03, when the option to create an accrual is ticked at the end of the BAS wizard the system posts the whole amount to the GST paid received account and the rounded fraction to a new GST rounding costs of realisation account.  This means that the GST control account will balance to zero.

If you re-run the BAS you will need to delete the Account Payable/Account Receivable you created in the original run as ticking Create Payable or Receivable will create a new Account Payable/Receivable for the re-run BAS. The original Account Payable/Receivable is not over-written or auto deleted when deleting the BAS.

Lodge now via SBR

You can optionally, proceed straight to the electronic lodgement process. If you decide not to proceed with "lodge now via SBR" you can return to the lodgement process later by accessing the lodgement through the output documents.

Finish

If you click "Finish" and "Finalise BAS now" is ticked, the software will create the back up documents, the invoice and prepare the BAS for review and lodgement.

To access the lodgement process see the lodgement workflow explained here.

Example Invoice:

Note: If you have already created an invoice you will be warned not to create a second copy (in this case untick the "Create Payable/Receivable" before proceeding.

BAS Lodgement - Lodge using SBR