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Non resident Fed.Withheld Tax

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:26 pm
by TATA
Hi,
I have a problem with recording of Fed Withheld tax for Non resident vendors.
I record vendor's invoice in full, but in fact I have to pay only difference between amount of invoice and Federal Withheld Tax and submit this tax to Government.
What is the correct way to do these entries?

Re: Non resident Fed.Withheld Tax

PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:15 pm
by erickei
Exactly how to do it depends on whether you use QB or PT, but what you need to do is to set up a Sales Tax Item (assuming these are always for the same %age), with the Federal Government [tax agency] as the Tax Agency to whom the taxes are owed. Apply this Item to the appropriate Invoices to calculate the tax and mark it as a Current Liability which will show up in your Sales Tax Liability reports.

Re: Non resident Fed.Withheld Tax

PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:39 pm
by TATA
My first step was to record invoice - expense acc+tax liability acc+GST acc, then I paid vendor's invoise only for expens+GST, and cleared Tax Liabily when submited Tax to Gov. But in my A/P Vendor's invoice was shortpaid on amount of Tax Liability and this is my problem - I do not know how to clear - issue Cr.Note?
Can I record exp and tax liability together as expenses? then clear difference with Cr.not - to keep A/P clean and then make a JE with memo related to vendor Debit-Tax Expense, Credit - Tax Liability , Debit Tax Liability and Credit Cash - when I submit Fed.Withheld Tax to Gov.

In my case our company fully responsible for deduction and submision of Fed.Withheld Tax from Non-Resident vendors' invoices. I am using QB Pro 2007.

Re: Non resident Fed.Withheld Tax

PostPosted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:34 am
by erickei
That sounds like more of an "accounting" question -- It's a bit over my head, as I'm just a technician.

I would recommend asking on QuickBooks' own message boards -- they're free, too, and a number of accountants hang out there.

Here's a link to their "Paying Bills and Vendor Management" forum, please repost your question (both parts) in there:

http://www.quickbooksgroup.com/.ee8e2e0/

I hope this helps :wink: