cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
Announcements
Created with Sketch. The QuickBooks Community will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour beginning at 10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, August 14th for database maintenance. All community forums will be unavailable during maintenance but feel free to browse our Support articles for help in the interim.
DougA1951
Level 1

Sales Tax Penalties

I do the bookkeeping for a company that had a Sales Tax audit by NY in 2021. They settled and paid $20K in owed taxes and $10K in penalties and interest. Should the penalties and interest part be categorized as expenses?

Solved
Best answer February 26, 2022

Best Answers
Rustler
Level 15

Sales Tax Penalties

Yes and no

They are an expense to the business, but they are not reportable or deductible when filing income taxes.

 

Create an expense account as a type Other Expense, title it exp-non-deductible and post the payments there.  When you do the P&L for tax time, be sure to NOT use the amounts in that account for the bottom line amount on the P&L

View solution in original post

2 Comments 2
Rustler
Level 15

Sales Tax Penalties

Yes and no

They are an expense to the business, but they are not reportable or deductible when filing income taxes.

 

Create an expense account as a type Other Expense, title it exp-non-deductible and post the payments there.  When you do the P&L for tax time, be sure to NOT use the amounts in that account for the bottom line amount on the P&L

DougA1951
Level 1

Sales Tax Penalties

Thanks Rustler.  Great concise answer to my question.

Sign in for expert help
Ask questions, post replies & join our community of QuickBooks users.

Need to get in touch?

Contact us