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How to Delete a Company from QuickBooks Mac. Like QuickBooks windows editions, deleting a company file is as simple as locating it on your computer's hard drive and deleting it. If you do not know how to locate the file, continue below: Locate the Company File to be Deleted: Step 1. In QuickBooks, open the Company file that you want to delete.
This article refers to QuickBooks Online Learn how to change a sales tax payment. The Sales Tax Center Is the best place to record sales tax payments. You can see all your recent payments on a single page. In the Sales Tax Center, you can:.
View a report about your sales tax liability. Record, edit or delete your sales tax payments. You can also adjust your accounting basis (cash or accrual). You can view your sales tax owed by:.
Month. Quarter. Year Note: If you don't see the settings mentioned below, you may be using the Auto Sales Tax feature.
Check out for more information. View, record, edit or delete your sales tax payments.
From the left menu, select Taxes. Select the tax agency you're recording the payment for in the Sales Tax Owed list. Choose Record Tax Payment at the bottom of the list. Enter the following specific information:. The bank account you're making the payment from. The payment date. The ending date for the tax period.
The amount of the tax you're paying. To make an adjustment to the amount, select Make Adjustment and enter information about the adjustment. Any notes about the payment you want to make.
If you don't need to print the sales tax check, select Record Tax Payment. If you need to print a check for the payment, check ' Print a Check'and choose Record Payment and Print Check. This sends the check to your Print Checks queue where you can then select the check and print it. Things to know: The Make Adjustment Option: is used to decrease or increase the amount of Sales Tax owed:. Examples include credits, discounts, fines, interest, penalties, and corrections for rounding errors. When entering the Adjustment you'll need to enter the dollar amount.
Either positive or negative. A reason (optional) and the account use to categorize the adjustment. Don't use the Sales Tax Payable account. The adjustment won't post correctly.
Instead:. Credit or need to apply a discount: Choose an income account, such as Other Income. Fine, penalty, or interest due: Choose an expense account.
Rounding error: Choose an income account for negative errors, or an expense account for positive ones. Note: Any questions about your Sales Tax situation should be directed to your accountant or tax agency. From the left menu, select Taxes. Under Recent Sales Tax Payments, highlight the payment in question. Select Delete Payment. Select Yes on the confirmation screen. Things to know:.
After a successful deletion this page doesn't refresh. Don't try to delete the payment again as this will display an error message, saying that it cannot be deleted because it’s already deleted!. To confirm that the payment has been successfully, exit and then return to the Sales Tax Center. Troubleshooting Sales Tax Issues. Common errors:. An error occurred while deleting the transaction: We're sorry, we can't delete filed tax right now. Please try again later.
We're sorry, we can't deactivate the sales tax you selected. Please try again later. Contact support if waiting and trying again doesn't resolve the issue. These issue are caused by either the books being closed for the period the transaction is dated. Happen when the Sales Tax Payment has been matched to a banking transaction.
Resolving these issues:. Select the Gear icon on the Toolbar.
Under Your Company, select Account Settings. From the left menu, select Advanced. Select the pencil icon.
Uncheck the box Close the books. Select Save and then Done.
If the transaction was not matched to a banking download, attempt to delete the tax payment again. Edit each transaction that is part of 'Original Sales Tax Payable' amount. When on the transaction you'll need to:.
Remove the current sales tax Line item. Select the replacing sales tax item at the bottom of the invoice. Select Save. Once transactions are re-associated the customer needs to do a journal entry to move the liability from the new current sales tax liability to the original sales tax liability account. Things to know:. If you've been using QuickBooks Online and paying sales tax using an earlier method: You may need to record sales tax payments using both the earlier method and the Sales Tax Center for a time.
For existing transactions using the earlier sales tax method: Record sales tax payments as you have in the past (using Write Check, for example). You can record sales tax payments in the Sales Tax Center for new transactions that charge the new rates you set up. Related Information.
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