Ledger Account set up for Excise Duty Part 1

Excise Duty Group and Excise Duty Ledger creation for additional Excise Duty is discussed here under:

Excise Duty Group
A sub-group named Excise Duty is to be created from Accounts Info under Duties and Taxes.

Excise Duty Ledger
Excise Duty ledger has to created under the group Excise Duty. As the Excise Rate vary for different items, it is better to create different ledgers for different rates like, Excise Duty 5%, Excise Duty 10%, etc. During Ledger creation Set the option "Inventory Values are affected" to 'No' as it is only required for sales and purchase entries. Write the rate in percentage in the field 'Percentage of Calculation'. Select "Tax based on Item Rate" from Type of Duty list in the 'Method of Calculation Field'.