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December 11, 2018
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How can I tax items at different rates on the same invoice?

  • December 11, 2018
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I sell items that carry different sales tax rates, so I cannot just tax the total on an invoice I have to tax each item individually.  How do I set this up?  QB seems only to want to tax the total of taxable items on the invoice.  Also, if I create separate invoices to bill these items QB wants to change the tax assigned to the customer each time I sell an item with a different tax rate.  Any videos or articles on this?  Thanks.
Best answer by Rustler

@ will

the only way to use different sales tax rates for different items is

create a sales tax item with a 0% rate and assign that to the customer

on the invoice, list all items for rate 1, follow with a sub total item, follow that with sales tax item for rate 1

list the items for rate 2, sub total item, sale tax item for rate 2

etc etc

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Rustler
RustlerAnswer
Level 15
December 11, 2018

@ will

the only way to use different sales tax rates for different items is

create a sales tax item with a 0% rate and assign that to the customer

on the invoice, list all items for rate 1, follow with a sub total item, follow that with sales tax item for rate 1

list the items for rate 2, sub total item, sale tax item for rate 2

etc etc

Rustler
Level 15
December 11, 2018
You're Welcome
Level 6
December 11, 2018
You'll need to set up a sales tax group and add the tax items to the group.
willb1Author
December 11, 2018
I don't think this is a solution?
Groups would still apply to the total of the taxable items invoiced rather than single items.
So, this would work only if I could use multiple groups on a single invoice, which is the original problem of not being able to use multiple tax rates on a single invoice.