SALES TAX ACCOUNT APPLICATION

Is there a way to post sales tax paid to the same account as the item purchased? For capital goods expenditures the entire cost, including tax, needs to be depreciated. The tax can't be expensed in the current year. Currently the tax for all purchases is posted in a sales tax paid account. We now are required to perform a separate GL entry to transfer from sales tax paid to the capital expense account. I've searched help and knowledge base and so far have found nothing.

Thanks! 

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    Simple - include the sales tax in the cost of the item when you enter the invoice - do not split sales tax out. Or to put it differently, use a Sales Tax Schedule that does not calculate tax.
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    Thanks for the input. That's a good workaround but it would require manually calculating the total amount (tax included) for each line on an invoice. We actually purchase quite a few things each year that require depreciation (over $500). It is necessary to have tax broken out in AR invoices but for AP I (and our accountant) would prefer the sales tax paid on all purchases to be applied to the item purchased. It doesn't look like there is a way to do that in Sage 100.
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  • 0 in reply to 49153
    Thanks for the input. That's a good workaround but it would require manually calculating the total amount (tax included) for each line on an invoice. We actually purchase quite a few things each year that require depreciation (over $500). It is necessary to have tax broken out in AR invoices but for AP I (and our accountant) would prefer the sales tax paid on all purchases to be applied to the item purchased. It doesn't look like there is a way to do that in Sage 100.
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