Sales Tax with GnuCash

[Zhang Weiwu]

In the case the programmer want to grant more flexibility to user, it 
should also allow me to choose if Tax is to be credited or debited when 
I am allowed to choose liability account for tax account as well as to 
choose expense account for tax account, right? :)

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, Pablo Francesca wrote:

> I would agree a Sales Tax account should be a liability account if Tax Tables are used.  I
> can't see how Sales Tax (from a business perspective) can be an expense.  Whether or not your
> suggestion is because of an oversight, or because it merely inhibits flexibility I cannot
> say.  Many times computer programmers opt not to impose too many restrictions on users to
> allow for generous flexibility (a good idea i think).  So it does seem that request is a
> valid one.