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Join nowI'm not quite sure how to properly due this, because if I change the invoice, it results in a negative sales tax balance.
Customer booked an event in 2019 or 2020. Made a non-refundable payment of 50% of the balance towards that event, which was counted as income and sales tax was report and paid to the state.
In 2021, they have cancelled their event. How do I close out the invoice, as it has a balance due? I can't just halve the amounts, as it changes the tax rate and how Quickbooks applies the payment. Every time I do that, it results in a difference between the Sales Tax Collected and Sales Tax Due on my Sales Tax Liability report.
Hello there, TSPLLC.
For the customer's money, you can't collect, you can record it as a bad debt and write them off. First, you'll have to create a Bad Debt expense account. If you haven't created one, you can use these steps:
Then let's close out the unpaid invoice. Here's how:
For the paid sales tax, I'd suggest reaching out to an accountant on how you'll record the adjustment. For more details, you can see the process sales tax adjustment link.
You can also run reports that will help you get an overview of your account balances: Customize reports in QuickBooks Desktop.
Feel free to leave a reply below if you need more help. Take care!
So, I'm not sure if Bad Debt is right, as they don't owe us the balance due until four weeks prior to their event. Since they are cancelling five or more weeks from their event, they no longer have an obligation to pay the balance due by the due date and we no longer owe them the obligation of reserving a service to be provided at their event.
Does this help?
Good to hear back from you, TSPLLC.
Thanks for the clarification. You can apply a journal entry credit to the open invoice to zero out its balance instead of recording a bad debt. Let me show you how:
The customer's invoice balance is now zeroed out. You can use the Run Reports in QuickBooks Desktop article to get an overview of your customer transactions.
I'd highly recommend reaching out to an accountant so they can help you identify the correct accounts affecting the journal entry.
Let me know if you have other concerns. I'm just around the corner to help. Have a good one!
So, I followed these steps, and while it zeros out the invoice, my Income by Customer Summary gives me a negative amount for the income, and the Sales Tax to Be Paid increases as well, on my Sales Tax Liability Report.
Hi TSPLLC!
Allow me to join this thread so I can share some details about the unpaid invoice.
Journal entry may sometimes tricky so it's best to seek help from your accountant. They can guide you on the proper accounts to use with this method especially since this will affect your income and taxes.
Also, you can make a sales tax adjustment. This is applicable if you want to decrease the sales tax liability. For the detailed steps, here's how to process sales tax adjustment in QuickBooks Desktop.
Need more help? Keep your posts coming and we'll respond as soon as we can.
Unfortunately, I'm now getting more confused, as an accountant offline told me that since I am cash basis, I should be able to just reduce the rates on the invoice in half, and that will be just fine.
The problem is: this changes how Quickbooks applies the first payment when it was originally received a year ago. Which then throws my sales tax off on my Sales Tax Liability for the prior period, and of course, this period.
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