Home / Help / GST settings and connecting Xero

GST settings and connecting Xero

Flying School is built for Australian tax. A few minutes in settings gets your invoices and your accounting right for good.

Turn on GST

In Settings, mark the account as GST registered. Two tax rates are created for you: GST at 10% and GST Free. Displayed prices are GST inclusive, the way Australian customers expect, and the GST is split out on each invoice line.

Record your ABN

Enter your ABN in Settings. The ABR lookup fills in your registered business name and confirms your GST registration status. The ABN prints on the invoice PDF under the Tax Invoice heading.

Connect Xero

In Settings, open the accounting section and choose Connect to Xero. You will be sent to Xero to authorise the connection - there are no keys to copy.

Map your accounts

Your Xero chart of accounts is pulled in. Choose the revenue accounts for lessons, aircraft hire, packages, and retail. Your Xero tax rates are pulled in too, with suggested matches for GST on Income, GST Free, and BAS Excluded.

Choose a sync mode

Daily summary posts one invoice per closed day, which keeps Xero tidy and is the simplest to reconcile. Alternatively sync individual invoices when they are sent, or when they are paid. Payments and credit notes are pushed either way.

If Xero is unavailable

Transactions queue and retry, so an outage at either end does not lose anything.