Example: Posting Sales Tax 

Posting a Customer Invoice

You post an outgoing invoice for 1,000 USD to the customer account with the jurisdiction code PA001001000 and the tax code C1. The offsetting entry is made to the receivables account 800000, Domestic Sales. The document overview then looks as follows:

Document overview

PK

Account

Debits

Credits

01

Customer

1,000

 

50

800000 - Domestic Sales

 

916.17

50

175001 - A/R Sales Tax State

 

61.84

50

175002 - A/R Sales Tax County

 

21.99

Posting a Vendor Invoice

You post an incoming vendor invoice for 1,000 USD with tax code I1. The offsetting entry is made to the Payables account with cost center 111, to which the jurisdiction code PA001001000 is assigned. The document overview then looks as follows:

Document overview

PK

Account

Debits

Credits

31

Vendor

 

1,000

40

Payables

1,000

 

The taxes paid are stored by the system but are not displayed in certain G/L accounts.