Hello dairydetippe,
Welcome back and thanks for the details of the transaction you're looking to enter in QuickBooks Desktop. With that many items on a single receipt, I can appreciate wanting to find the easiest way possible to enter it while maintaining the accuracy of your numbers. I'll help you get started.
The most accurate way to record transactions in QuickBooks is to enter each line item and assign a sales tax rate to it. This ensures the integrity of your sales tax filings and makes sure you're reporting the correct numbers to the government.
QuickBooks Desktop can't work backwards and pick out which items get taxed and which don't for you, but it can work with the information you enter into the program. For instance, you can assign default codes to items and expense accounts in QuickBooks Desktop, which the program will automatically apply whenever you create a transaction using those things. If the sales tax code never changes or rarely changes, this can be a great time-saver. Here's how you would do it.
Assign a sales tax code to an existing account
- Go to the Company menu and choose Chart of Accounts (Note: You can use the shortcut CTRL + A to bring it up as well).
- Right click on an account and choose Edit Account.
- Choose from the Sales Tax Code drop-down.
- Click Save & Close.
While sales tax codes can be assigned to many account types, if you're not seeing the option on the one you've chosen, that means it's not available for that option. The code can also be set up during the account creation process.
Assign a sales tax code to an existing item
- Select Lists from the top menu.
- Choose Item List.
- Right click on an item and choose Edit Item.
- Assign the Purch Tax Code in the Purchase Information section (Note: You can also add a default code for the Sales Information section).
- Click OK to save.
Again, this can also be done in the item setup process if you wanted to do this when creating new items as well.
If that's not going to quite work for what you need, feel free to leave feedback by going to the Help menu and choosing Send Feedback Online. When you share the things you'd like to see in QuickBooks Desktop, it helps us enhance what QuickBooks has to offer.
Wishing you the best! Have a great rest of your day.
