Sales tax on split transactions

plussier@mindspring.com plussier@mindspring.com
Mon, 09 Dec 2002 10:37:58 -0500


In a message dated: 08 Dec 2002 01:54:36 PST
David Hampton said:


>P.S. You could always create an Expenses:Sales Tax account and apply all
>the sales tax there.  Might even be eye opening to see how much sales
>tax you pay over the course of a year.

This is exactly what I do, and it was *quite* eye-opening.  To the 
point where I discovered that of the sales tax saved was more then 
$2.50USD, it would be worth the 40 minute drive to the next state 
over which is sales-tax free!
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