debit accounts receivablecredit sales tax payablecredit sales discountcredit sales revenue
Journal entry for booking a sale:Accounts Receivable/Party [Debit] $value$Sales [Credit] $value$Tax on sales (GST. excise, etc.) [Credit] $value$Primarily, it is a reversal of the entry passed at the time of booking the sale:Sales [Debit] $value$Tax on sales [Debit] $value$(GST. excise, etc.)Accounts Receivable/Party [Credit] $value$
debit sales tax expensecredit sales tax payable
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.
[Debit] Tax paid [Credit] Cash / bank
Journal entry is as follows: [Debit] Cash 525 [Credit] Sales 500 [Credit] Sales tax payable 25
debit accounts receivabledebit sales taxcredit sales revenue
Debit Payroll tax Expense Credit Payroll tax payable debit Payroll tax payable Credit Cash / bank
debit] tax expense xxxx credit Cash / bank xxxx
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
debit taxes expense and credit taxes payable
Debit FUTA Tax Expenses xxxx Credit FUTA Tax Payable xxxx