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Re: Accounting for Payment Of Sales Taxes
- Subject: Re: Accounting for Payment Of Sales Taxes
- From: John Hasler <..hidden..>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:27:33 -0500
Luke writes:
> What must I do to have some record of this--I.E. apply it to a "sales
> taxes paid" expense account?
You don't. Sales tax you collect is an expense to your customers, not
to you. To you it is a liability. It is the state's money that you are
collecting and holding for them. It should never appear in your income:
it was never yours. Only sales tax you pay on stuff you buy is an
expense.
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John Hasler
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Elmwood, WI USA