[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 213, Issue 45

[Stan Brown]

On 2020-12-28 13:21, Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user wrote:
> ... What I'm
> asking help for is HOW TO MAKE GNUCASH DO THIS if it isn't a simple
> line-item purchase, such as the two examples of an out-of-state purchase
> with sales tax paid later in a quarterly filing 

Assuming your amounts are $100.00 price of goods and $8.25 tax ...

When you take delivery:
Debit:  Expenses:Office Supplies $108.25
Credit: Liabilities:Sales Tax $8.25
Credit: Assets:Bank Account(*) $100.00

When you pay your sales tax:
Debit:  Liabilities:Sales Tax $8.25
Credit: Bank Account $8.25

(*) If you don't pay right away, credit Liabilities:A/P:Vendor Name
instead of Bank Account, then when you do pay debit
Liabilities:A/P:Vendor Name and credit Back Account by $100.00.

> or a vendor bill
> including taxable items which will later be covered by a processed payment.

When you take delivery:
Debit:  Expenses:Office Supplies $108.25
Credit: Liabilities:A/P:Vendor Name $108.25

When you pay the bill:
Debit:  Liabilities:A/P:Vendor Name $108.25
Credit: Assets:Bank Account $108.25

> Am I still being unclear?----Eric.

Possibly. The answer to your question, as I understand your question,
seems so straightforward that I'm afraid I didn't understand it.

-- 
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
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