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A sales tax payable account is a liability account on a business's balance sheet that represents the amount of sales tax collected from customers but not yet remitted to the tax authority. When a business makes a sale, it collects sales tax as part of the transaction and records it in this account until it is time to pay the tax to the government. This account helps businesses track their obligations and ensures compliance with tax regulations. It is crucial for accurate financial reporting and maintaining cash flow.
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What type of account is sales tax payable?
Liability
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
When companies pay the government collected sales tax sales taxes payable is credited and cash is debited true or false?
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.
The amount of sales tax collected on a sale is entered into an account titled?
The amount of sales tax collected on a sale is typically entered into an account titled "Sales Tax Payable." This account represents a liability for the business, as it is money collected from customers that must be remitted to the government. It ensures accurate tracking of the sales tax owed and helps maintain compliance with tax regulations.
What type of account is sales tax payable?
Liability
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
When companies pay the government collected sales tax sales taxes payable is credited and cash is debited true or false?
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.
The amount of sales tax collected on a sale is entered into an account titled?
The amount of sales tax collected on a sale is typically entered into an account titled "Sales Tax Payable." This account represents a liability for the business, as it is money collected from customers that must be remitted to the government. It ensures accurate tracking of the sales tax owed and helps maintain compliance with tax regulations.
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.
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 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)
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...
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-
What is Pst payable accounting?
it is other taxes payable like hormonised sales tax. It is not Income Tax or corporate Tax.
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.
