Hello diane-gordonfn-o,
It's a pleasure to see you in Community. Welcome! QuickBooks Online Provides many valuable features, that minimize the time spent on your daily bookkeeping tasks. You can set a default tax code to your accounts, to save manual entry. I would be happy to show you how!
Follow these steps to set a default tax code in your Chart of Accounts;
1. From your Settings ⚙, select Chart of accounts
2. Checkmark the box beside the account you want to assign the sales tax code to
3. Select Batch actions, then use the ▼ dropdown menu and select Set default Tax code
4. Choose a sales tax code from the list, then hit Apply.
That's it! The new default code will show in the Sales Tax Rate column.
Feel free to reach out again, with any other questions. We would be glad to assist!
