Accounting Ideas

Calculate net from gross

I'd like to enter gross (tax inclusive) values, and have Accounting work out the net value automatically, in invoicing and quick entries. Sage 50 has this feature when posting in the sales and purchase ledger.

  • Guest
  • Nov 23 2019
  • Great Idea Currently In The Works
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  • Guest commented
    14 Feb 13:28

    I migrated from Freshbooks, even they had this functionality. It's irritating not to be able to do this!

  • Guest commented
    02 Feb 00:15

    Great Idea Currently In The Works - Since 2019!

    How is this not a thing Yet?!

  • Guest commented
    October 31, 2023 16:59

    This is a great idea it should have already been included as it is in Line 50, a backward step that its not.

  • Guest commented
    September 19, 2023 12:14

    PLEASE!!!! Hurry up with this.

  • Guest commented
    June 06, 2023 16:34

    Unacceptable that this feature is still not implemented. This is rock-bottom basic for every other platform.

  • Guest commented
    May 25, 2023 12:55

    This is already done in Quick Entries, please add to Supplier invoices

  • Guest commented
    May 24, 2023 12:09

    How has this not been sorted yet?

  • Guest commented
    April 04, 2023 13:45

    3 years later and we are still waiting for this...

  • Guest commented
    February 02, 2023 12:46

    Disappointing to read comments are going back over a year and a half! Which means Sage arent really going to provide this for us users!!! Im new to cloud and Im used to working with Sage desktop. Providing a "calc net" (originally F9) option is very important.

  • Guest commented
    January 01, 2023 15:49

    Great idea. It would also be useful if there was a custom calculation for mileage expenses to split out the VAT and non-VAT elements.

  • Guest commented
    November 26, 2022 12:08

    I've just migrated over from Sage50 and this might just be the single most frustrating thing that will make me NOT continue to use cloud accounting. Having looked at all the comments which go back a couple of years...how is it still not possible?

  • Guest commented
    October 05, 2022 09:18

    Really miss this feature

  • Guest commented
    October 05, 2022 08:22

    Surely this is a simple fix ? I have used Sage accounts happily for years. I moved to cloud due to MTD legislation more than a year and a half ago and found this to be a problem , IT IS STILL NOT FIXED!!

  • Guest commented
    September 15, 2022 14:49

    calculate net button was a great function in sage 50 that is needed in 50c. There are work around as the comments below which do work but they are a major "faff"

  • Guest commented
    September 06, 2022 10:12

    Miss this feature so bad


  • Guest commented
    September 05, 2022 11:52

    Calculate net feature is needed ASAP


  • Guest commented
    July 20, 2022 14:30

    Oh no! We've just recently changed from SAP to Sage Business Cloud Accounting. There was a feature in the settings on SAP that allowed you to choose whether you wanted to input transactions Gross to Net or Net to Gross. I'm concerned that this was first muted in June 2021 and yet this feature has not yet been added a year later. It is so time consuming having to calculate the net on an invoice where the breakdown isn't available on the invoice/document received. Please please please change this and let us know a) if you will be changing it b) a timeframe we can expect a change to take place as I can see this becoming very frustrating. We have only started using this product. I have only migrated some of our clients over at the minute but this is something that would really grate on me so much that it would put me off using the software completely and not migrate the rest of our clients. Please give some feedback on this at your earliest convenience. Thank you.


  • Guest commented
    April 27, 2022 16:55

    should I enter net or gross figures in sage

  • Guest commented
    February 22, 2022 14:19

    yes this is definitely needed, commonly available in quickbooks and big red cloud. should be an easy fix

  • Guest commented
    February 22, 2022 08:04

    This can be done but only when processing Other Payments or Receipts in Sage Business Cloud Accounting - not for Invoices

    Simply select your VAT rate and then pop your total on the line and the net and VAT amounts will be calculated.


    Just be sure to also pop the total transaction value in the top right of your transaction window or you will be unable to save it.

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