HST refund showing as payable

[klatour]

I have an HST refund owed to the company. Perhaps as a result of the upgrade to 2008 back in July, when I run a HST report for the period July 1 - Sept 30 2008 this refund amount owed to me is showing up in GST payable as an amount owed. It is therefore making the hst return for that period incorrect by including the $3126.89 owed to the company as an amount owed by the company.

How can I fix this so that the HST return is correct and the refund is stilll in accounts receivable.

The refund is in an invoice to receiver general under the item GSTrefund and I cannot find that item anywhere.

THanks

[kenilworth]

What version of QB are you using? Where are you getting the payable/receivable amount? From the "Pay GST" screen, or the GST register?

When you go through the "Pay GST" - or HST - process, if you are owed money by the government, it will automatically create an invoice and put it in your GST/HST account (usually 2260).

For example, if you had negative $500 showing in your register on September 30, it means the government owes you $500. When you file in QB, an invoice is created to the government for $500. It goes into the GST account as a Credit or positive number. Thus the balance in the account is zero, and your GST/HST calculations begin again. The balance will not be affected when you receive the payment against the invoice.