GSt in General Journal entry

I have an employee who purchased something for the company with their debit card so I was going to do a journal entry to expense the item purchased (10.00 eg.), record the gst  (.50 eg.) and the 10.50 to a reimbursement account, so when I do the payroll, the 10.50 will come off his cheque and out of the reimbursement acct.

If you know of any other way to do this, I would appreciate the info.

First, if you owe the employee money, you do not take if OFF his cheque.

I always strongly recommend that you keep expense reimbursement and payroll separate.

I don't allow any of my clients to reimburse their employees for expenses through payroll.  Too many steps involved for recording GST correctly.

Have your employee complete an expense report with all receipts attached.  Enter it as a bill an pay him with a separate cheque.

Or, if this is the only expense, go to write cheques and issue a cheque.

I totally agreed with CountryMusicMom, I have an expense account and enter it there then pay on a seperate cheque. This is less confusing and better to understand.

This is technically correct, but very misleading.
You do not use Tax Codes in a General Journal Entry but you MUST use a Tax ITEM.

OK, I see this but because I did not set up our books, I do not know how to find our which tax item I should use. Someone has set up 3 tax codes as follows: GST (1) on purchases, GST (2) on purchases, GST (3) on purchases. I'm sure this is unnecessary to have three, so my next question is How do I find out what these are connected to and if I can delete the ones I am not needing.  I don't know which one to pick!!!   

Many thanks to Safari818. that's the answer that I needed.  I just found where to check it, but I'm still not sure if I can delete the other tax codes.

YES, you CAN delete a Tax Code if it has no Tax Items linked to it.

Mysty2011, you are confusing Tax CODES with Tax ITEMS.  They are not the same.

I strongly recommend that you consult a QB ProAdvisor to get you straightened out.  You will probably save a lot of time - it's better to fix things sooner rather than later.

I do this for the bosses expenses but I do not want to cut a cheque for 7 bucks or so.

Your decision, or your boss's, I guess.

But it's easier, technically more correct, and much less likely to cause the type of problems you are having.