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Thursday, December 15, 2011

How do you charge sales tax to multiple general ledger accounts, since I have more than one state that I owe sales tax to?


All sales tax items default to the Sales Tax Liabilty account on the G/L, this cannot be changed. If you have them set-up properly, you should see the different vendors and the amounts payable on the Sales Tax Liability report. To run this report:
1.    Click on Reports (across the top)
2.    Click on Vendors & Payables
3.    Click on Sales Tax Liability
Make sure to select the date range you are reporting on.
Set up item codes for each state sales taxes,  and for some states, you will need multiple item codes for each county/city.    New York as example, has different rates for each county.    Orange County, Dutchess County, Westchester County each have its own rate, and Sales to each county are required to be reported.
As far as the liability - you might need to set up sub-accounts under Sales Tax Payable, and do a journal entry to move the liability on a daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly basis.