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Unable to set Company ID

I am running QuickBooks Small Business Edition 2003.

I am starting a new company and when I bring up the Company Information window, I can fill in all of the data except the Company ID.

There are two fields: a long one that is blank and a short one which has "001" in it by default. If I fill in the long field with the company tax ID number, it doesn't take. In other words, if I close the Company Information window and reopen it, the long field is blank again. Also form fields which rely on this data, such as the Tax Invoice continue to show a blank Tax ID.

I am in New Zealand. Our Tax IDs are of the form NN-NNN-NNN. I have tried entering it with the dashes, with spaces instead of dashes, as NNNNNNNN, etc. There is no change. I have an old company and no longer remember whether I had this same problem when I entered its company information years ago, but the field is filled in for the old company.

So why can't I fill it in for the new company?

Any help would be appreciated.

Larry

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Larry Spitz
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Larry

Have you turned on the preference to track tax?

In Australia, this preference needs to be turned on. The Tax ID field is a text field, and takes spaces for 99 999 999 999 which is our protocol. The 001 field may be a hangover from the Australian version where the Australian Tax Office insisted on a branch no in some of the payroll forms - nothing to do with the GST unless the company ran branches for that purpose. The 001 was a default needed by all companies and for those with no branch, it was just ignored.

I hope that helps.

Bob Williams

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Bob Williams

That lead me to the solution. I was already tracking tax, but entering the Tax ID on the preference page, made it stick.

Cheers,

Larry

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Larry Spitz

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