Calculate sales tax

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Sales tax calculations made easy

Automatic sales tax calculation

When you add sales tax to an invoice in QuickBooks, the calculations are automatically taken care of. We calculate the sales tax rate based on date, location, type of product or service, and customer.

Automatically calculate sales tax with QuickBooks

Automatic sales tax calculation

Product categorization

Rules for how to tax a product can change from state to state. Once your products are categorized, QuickBooks will make sure the correct rate is applied to your transactions based on the product category and the location of sale you indicate.

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Know how much you owe

You can view your sales tax information any time with the Sales Tax Liability Report. This on-demand report will keep you up-to-date on your taxable and nontaxable sales, all broken down by tax agency.

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Add sales tax to invoices

Easily add sales tax to invoices. You can include sales tax on your invoice templates, or you can add sales tax to individual invoices. When you add sales tax to an invoice, the calculations and tracking are done automatically for you.

Automatic sales tax tracking

Sales tax is a fee charged by government agencies, and in order to collect it, your customers pay the tax to you and then you are required to pass it on by making tax payments. Because QuickBooks automatically records your transactions, it keeps track of how much sales tax you need to send to the tax agencies.

Collect sales tax for multiple tax agencies

You may need to pay sales tax to multiple tax agencies, such as your city, your county, and your state. In QuickBooks, you can use a combined rate to charge your customer one sales tax amount, and then QuickBooks will split out the appropriate amounts for each tax agency.

Easily accessible reports

The Sales Tax Liability Report (STLR) shows a summary of sales tax you’ve collected and owe to the tax agencies. It gives you the total taxable sales, total nontaxable sales, tax rate, tax collected, and sales tax payable – all broken down by tax agency.

Frequently asked questions

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Calculate sales tax

Sales tax calculations made easy

Automatic sales tax calculation

Automatic sales tax calculation

Product categorization

Know how much you owe

Know how much you owe

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Add sales tax to invoices

Automatic sales tax tracking

Collect sales tax for multiple tax agencies

Easily accessible reports

Frequently asked questions