adjust sales tax (quickbooks desktop)

I'll guide you on how you can select a particular tax liability account, Black Hills Boy.

QuickBooks Desktop helps you keep an accurate record of these taxes so you can easily monitor and remit them to the appropriate tax collecting agency. 

Under the Pay Sales Tax window, you'll have the option to select which rate you want to adjust. I've provided a screenshot to show you how:

1. Go to the Vendors menu. 
2. Select Sales Tax.
3. Choose to Pay Sales Tax.
4. Select the item that you want to adjust.
5. Click Adjust, then OK.
   
6. Then you can now adjust the tax.
7. Click OK.
   

To give you thorough information on how you can make an adjustment with your sales, consider reading this article: Set Up Sales Tax In QuickBooks Desktop.

Furthermore, QuickBooks provides different reports that cater to your business needs. Check out this article for more information: Understand Reports.

Reach out to us if you have any questions when adjusting sales tax. The Community is always right here 24/7.

I tried the solution offered, but that did not work. In the "Pay Sales Tax" dialog, I selected the tax that I wanted to adjust, then clicked on the "Adjust" button. The "Sales Tax Adjustment" dialog came up and I elected to "Reduce Sales Tax By" and put in an amount, and clicked "OK."  A "Warning" dialog appeared which said: "Because you made a Sales Tax Adjustment," the Amount Paid to each vendor has now been reset." I clicked on "OK" and was returned to the "Pay Sales Tax" dialog. The amount due on that tax item was not changed.

Am I missing something here?

Is is possible or advisable to accomplish sales tax adjustments with journal entries?

One more observation, I just looked at my "Sales Tax Payable" current liability account register. It shows entries for my three attempts at reducing my sales tax liability. However, that reduction did not also appear in the sales tax due dialog.

Under my "Sales Tax Payable" current liability account. I could probably make sub accounts for each tax rate, then do journal entries to make adjustments. Then I might be able to select those accounts when recording a payment to our state treasurer.

Do you think that would work?

Hello there, @Black Hills Boy.

Thanks for sharing some information about adjusting sales tax.. Allow me to step in and share insights about this.

Making an adjustment with Journal Entries (JE) is not an option. However, if you want to use the  JE, I suggest reaching out to an accountant. They're the ones who can give you advice if you need a journal entry for this one and the accounts to be used. 

In regard to reducing entry which is not showing in your books, I recommend contacting our support team to further check the setup. Here's how:
 

1. Open QuickBooks.
2. Go to Help, then select QuickBooks Desktop Help/Contact Us.
3. Select Contact Us.
4. Give a brief description of your issue, then select Continue.
5. Sign in to your Intuit account and select Continue and then Continue with my account.
   • If you don't already have an account, make sure to Create a new account.
6. We'll email you a single use code. Enter your code and select Continue.
   • If you have more than one account, select the account you want to use and then Continue.
7. Select to chat with us or Have us call you.

To learn more about sales tax in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), you may check this article: Set up sales tax in QuickBooks Desktop.

I'm always here if you need more help with your sales tax or anything else. Let me know by leaving a reply below. Keep safe, and have a great rest of the day!

"Making an adjustment with Journal Entries (JE) is not an option. However, if you want to use the JE, I suggest reaching out to an accountant."

So if making a journal entry to deal with my sales tax adjustment question is "not an option", then what good would it do to reach out to an accountant?