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What account that would be credited for the amount of tax collected on sales?

accounts payable


How do you post sales tax payable as journal entry?

debit sales tax expensecredit sales tax payable


Does gross sales include sales tax?

No. The sales tax is posted as a credit to the Sales Tax Payable Account. So, if you had a $100 sale plus $5 sales tax, you would debit cash $105, credit Sales $100 and credit Sales Tax Payable $5 Sales taxes are a collection you make for the State. It is funds entrusted to you by the State to be paid over to them. They are not part of your sales or receipts. (Gross income will be sales less cost of sales. This is before selling, general, administrative, interest and tax expenses are taken out.)


How do you calculate gross sales?

NET SALES: Gross sales minus returns, discounts, and allowances. GROSS SALES: Total invoice value of sales, before deducting for customer discounts, allowances, or return.No. The sales tax is posted as a credit to the Sales Tax Payable Account. So, if you had a $100 sale plus $5 sales tax, you would debit cash $105, credit Sales $100 and credit Sales Tax Payable $5...


How do you journalize a sales tax payable?

Since you are using a "payable" account we do "not" touch cash until the actual payment is made. We however still know we need a debit and a credit for this transcation. To put this in our journal we will Debit Sales Tax Expense (check your company for exact account name) Credit Sales Tax Payable (again check your company for account name) Once you pay your taxes then you have to adjust these entries to reflect payment. In order to do that, we again use two accounts, this time however we do not touch Sales Tax Expense, it must stay there until we close our out books, we do however have to show that the payable has now become paid and that we no longer have that amount of cash on hand. This transaction will be adjusted in the journal as Debit Sales Tax Payable (to zero out this account or adjust it accordingly) Credit Cash (to show we no longer have that amount of cash on hand)

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What account that would be credited for the amount of tax collected on sales?

accounts payable


How do you post sales tax payable as journal entry?

debit sales tax expensecredit sales tax payable


Does gross sales include sales tax?

No. The sales tax is posted as a credit to the Sales Tax Payable Account. So, if you had a $100 sale plus $5 sales tax, you would debit cash $105, credit Sales $100 and credit Sales Tax Payable $5 Sales taxes are a collection you make for the State. It is funds entrusted to you by the State to be paid over to them. They are not part of your sales or receipts. (Gross income will be sales less cost of sales. This is before selling, general, administrative, interest and tax expenses are taken out.)


Does sales tax payable have a normal credit balance?

All payable maintain a credit balance. A payable is a liability account and therefore like a liability does increase with a credit and decrease with a debit.


How do you calculate gross sales?

NET SALES: Gross sales minus returns, discounts, and allowances. GROSS SALES: Total invoice value of sales, before deducting for customer discounts, allowances, or return.No. The sales tax is posted as a credit to the Sales Tax Payable Account. So, if you had a $100 sale plus $5 sales tax, you would debit cash $105, credit Sales $100 and credit Sales Tax Payable $5...


How do you journalize a sales tax payable?

Since you are using a "payable" account we do "not" touch cash until the actual payment is made. We however still know we need a debit and a credit for this transcation. To put this in our journal we will Debit Sales Tax Expense (check your company for exact account name) Credit Sales Tax Payable (again check your company for account name) Once you pay your taxes then you have to adjust these entries to reflect payment. In order to do that, we again use two accounts, this time however we do not touch Sales Tax Expense, it must stay there until we close our out books, we do however have to show that the payable has now become paid and that we no longer have that amount of cash on hand. This transaction will be adjusted in the journal as Debit Sales Tax Payable (to zero out this account or adjust it accordingly) Credit Cash (to show we no longer have that amount of cash on hand)


Where does sales tax payable on the balance sheet go?

Sales tax payable is a current liability and is presented on the credit side of the balance sheet-


Is sales tax included in Gross sales?

Sales tax is not included in gross sales. For example when an item is sold for a total of $105 including $5 in sales tax the proper journal entry is a debit of $105 to cash, credit of $100 to sales, and a $5 credit to the sales tax payable account. The liability for sales tax should appear on the balance sheet.


What is Pst payable accounting?

it is other taxes payable like hormonised sales tax. It is not Income Tax or corporate Tax.


When merchandise is sold for 500 dollars plus 5 percent sales tax the Sales account should be credited for 525 dollars?

Journal entry is as follows: [Debit] Cash 525 [Credit] Sales 500 [Credit] Sales tax payable 25


What is high seas sales how it benefits?

You save the local sales tax payable in India


Create a Sales journal entries with sales tax?

When you sell a product or when you buy something? Here's the answer for both situations: For a sale: Debit.......... cash or A/R Credit......... Revenue Credit......... Sales Tax payable. Then, when you pay the tax to the state: Debit........... Sales tax payable Credit.......... cash If it's a purchase, you don't have to record sales tax separately unless you want to. If you're capitalizing an asset, it's included in the capitalized amount. But if it's a straight expense, and you want to post the sales tax, this would be the entry: Debit........ expense account (say, for example, office expense) Debit........ sales tax Credit....... cash or A/P