QuickBooks Online Manual
Sales Tax



Sales Tax Liability Reports
You are going to want to print this report to use in filling out your sales tax report.


1. From the "Reports" menu choose "Vendors and Payables" and then "Sales Tax Liability".

For QuickBooks 1999:
From the "Reports" Menu, Choose "A/P Reports, then "Sales Tax Liability".

2. Print a copy of your "Sales Tax Liability Report" in order to help you fill out the Pennsylvania State Tax Return.
3. After you fill out the sales tax report you need to enter the 1% discount (if you are paying on time) into the Sales Tax Payable Register in QuickBooks.
4. From the "Banking" menu choose "Chart of Accounts".
5. Double-click on "Sales Tax Payable".
6. In the register enter the date you are paying the sales tax.
7. Enter the Vendor: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
8. In the Paid column enter the discount amount. This amount is 1% of your total sales tax payable.
9. Click Record.

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Sales Tax Report

You also want to create a Sales Tax Report detail listing the invoices and sales amounts that make up the total on the Sales Tax Liability Report.

1. From the "Reports" menu choose "Vendors and Payables" and then "Sales Tax Liability".

For QuickBooks 1999:
From the "Reports" Menu, Choose "A/P Reports, then "Sales Tax Liability".

2. Double-click on the "Total Sales Tax Payable" value to access your "Custom Transaction Detail Report".
3. Choose "Modify Report" from the toolbar.

For Quickbooks 2001, 2000, 1999:
Choose "Customize" from the toolbar.

4. In the" Columns" menu Uncheck the following: Memo, Account, Class, Clr, Split and click OK.
5. Next choose "Filters" from the toolbar.
6. In the "Filter" menu select "Transaction type" and then select "Invoice" and click OK. This will allow the report to show only the invoices.
7. Choose "Format" from the toolbar and click the "Header/Footer" tab.
8. Change "Report Title" to "Sales Tax Report" and click OK.
9. Choose "Memorize" from the toolbar and click OK when QuickBooks asks to "Enter Memorized Report Name".
10. Print the new "Sales Tax Report" for backup to the Pennsylvania State Tax Return.

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Paying Sales Tax

1. From the "Vendors" menu, choose "Sales tax…" and then choose "Pay Sales Tax".

For QuickBooks 2001 and 2000:

From the "Vendors" menu, choose "Pay Sales Tax".


For QuickBooks 1999:
From the "Activities" Menu, Choose "Pay Sales Tax".

2. If you have more than one checking account, choose the checking account from which you want to pay the tax.
3. Check the date that QuickBooks shows in the "Show sales tax due through" field. If necessary, edit the date.
4. In the detail area, select the tax agencies you want to pay.
To select agencies individually, click in the "Pay" column.
To select all the agencies, click "Pay All" Tax.
5. If you want to make a partial payment to an agency, edit the amount that QuickBooks shows in the "Amt Paid" column.
6. Select the sales tax total and discount amount.
7. Click OK.

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