When a client pays you in cash, Algerian law adds a stamp duty to the sum. French paperwork calls it the timbre fiscal. The client pays it on top of what they owe. You keep it for the tax office, and you declare it on the next month’s G50. A card, a cheque and a transfer owe no stamp duty.
Beelocity counts the stamp duty for you. It adds the stamp duty to the invoice, the till’s ticket or the receipt that records the cash. It also adds up each month’s total for your G50.
How much the stamp duty is
The stamp duty is counted on the whole sum paid in cash. Beelocity counts the sum in steps of 100 DA, and a part of a step counts as a whole step. Each step costs:
| Sum paid in cash | Each 100 DA costs |
|---|---|
| 300 DA or less | Nothing |
| Above 300 DA, up to 30,000 DA | 1 DA |
| Above 30,000 DA, up to 100,000 DA | 1.5 DA |
| Above 100,000 DA | 2 DA |
The stamp duty is never less than 5 DA. There is no upper limit. For example:
- A ticket of 25,000 DA paid in cash owes 250 DA, so the customer pays 25,250 DA.
- An invoice of 35,000 DA paid in cash owes 525 DA, so the client pays 35,525 DA. The whole sum takes the rate of its band.
- A sum of 450 DA owes 5 DA, the smallest stamp duty.
The stamp duty is counted only on sums in dinars.
Charge it on an invoice
Open the sales invoice and choose the Payment method in its Pricing section. When you choose Cash, Beelocity adds a Stamp duty line under the total, and the Amount due includes it. If you change a line or the method while the invoice is a draft, the stamp duty follows. When you change the method, the Stamp duty and the Amount due follow it on screen at once, before you save.
The printed invoice shows the stamp duty under the Grand total, then the Net to pay in bold. The amount in words is the net to pay. An invoice with any other method prints as it did before.
A supplier invoice has the same Payment method. When you pay a supplier in cash, the supplier adds their stamp duty, and the bill’s Amount due includes it. That stamp duty is the supplier’s to declare, so it is not in your G50.
Charge it at the till
When a customer pays in cash, the payment screen shows a Stamp duty line under the Grand total, and the cash amount includes it. If the customer pays part by card, the stamp duty is counted only on the part paid in cash. The till works out the new figure for you. Confirm lights up when the payments cover the total and the stamp duty.
The ticket prints the stamp duty, then the Net to pay. The session’s report shows the Stamp duty collected, which is part of what the cash drawer holds.
A refund pays back the ticket’s total. It does not give the stamp duty back.
When a receipt takes it
Sometimes a client pays in cash an invoice that does not say cash. Then the receipt carries the stamp duty instead. The client hands over the amount plus the stamp duty, and the receipt records both:
- The invoice takes the amount it was owed.
- The receipt’s Stamp duty shows the rest, and the cash goes into the cash account with it.
When you use Record payment on an invoice, Beelocity adds the stamp duty to the receipt and tells you how much. When you write a receipt yourself in Treasury, make its amount large enough for the stamp duty. If it is too small, Beelocity refuses to save the allocation and says by how much to raise it.
An invoice that already says cash carries its own stamp duty. A receipt that settles it adds none.
Read the month’s total for your G50
Press Ctrl+K and type G50 or stamp duty, then pick Stamp duty. You can also open Treasury, then Cash forecast, its Treasury Reports tab and Stamp duty. Choose the year. Each month shows:
- Invoices: the stamp duty on the sales invoices that say cash.
- Tickets: the stamp duty the till collected.
- Cash receipts: the stamp duty on the receipts that took it.
- Total: the three together, which is the figure you declare on the G50.
The year’s row at the foot of the table totals each column. Each sum paid in cash carries one stamp duty, so a dinar is never counted twice. Beelocity does not file the G50 for you. It gives you the figure.
Good to know
- A sum of 30,001 DA owes 451.50 DA. Beelocity keeps the half dinar, because the scale gives it.
- A credit note carries no stamp duty.
- Cash that a receipt leaves on account carries no stamp duty when you later apply it to an invoice.
- A cheque or a transfer is exempt only when the receipt names its references. Keep them on the payment.