cash basis
Bad debt is when a customer or client fails to pay for their service or goods. The cost of that lingering debt to the company can become a tax deduction depending on whether you are set up on an accrual or cash basis.
An excise tax or sales tax is calculated on a per-item basis
sales tax
True. When companies pay the government the collected sales tax, they credit the "Sales Taxes Payable" account, which reduces the liability, and they debit the "Cash" account to reflect the outflow of cash. This transaction effectively transfers the sales tax liability to the government.
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
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An excise tax or sales tax is calculated on a per-item basis
An excise tax or sales tax is calculated on a per-item basis
sales tax
Bad debt is when a customer or client fails to pay for their service or goods. The cost of that lingering debt to the company can become a tax deduction depending on whether you are set up on an accrual or cash basis.
True. When companies pay the government the collected sales tax, they credit the "Sales Taxes Payable" account, which reduces the liability, and they debit the "Cash" account to reflect the outflow of cash. This transaction effectively transfers the sales tax liability to the government.
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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
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.
Yes.
Yes, anything you buy, even with cash you have to pay sales tax. The amount varies depending on the state.
Increase in sales tax payable increases the cash because if at first place cash is paid then cash will be reduced but if payable is increasing it means cash is increasing as well and it will decrease when all sales tax payable will be paid.