Paying Non-Payroll Taxes

• Sales tax, Idaho
  • In the Cactus Menu, GL | Sales tax
  • The print-out is in three sections.  The first is the amount of tax due in the two states, and perhaps in different localities in Washington.  The second is the total sales for the month.
  • Fill out the form.  Total amount of taxable sales = tax/.05.
  • To get "Items subject to use tax", in the Cactus menu, Sales | return.  use check90 index ck90.  Set filter to acct = "supp" .or. acct = "capi".  Browse.  Sum the amounts for which we haven't already paid tax.  We HAVE paid tax for any local sales, such as Ken's or Moscow Building.
  • To get the "Adjustments", in the Cactus menu, Sales | Return.  Do pop.  If everything is zero, suspect a mistake.  Adjust the dates and print.  Be sure you enclose the pop detail when you send the return.  I always cut it down to the correct size with scissors.
  • After you write the check, break out the adjustment and the use tax separately.
• Sales tax, Washington
  • Fill out the form from the print-out.
  • Total amount of taxable sales = tax/.075 for Pullman.
  • If the total amount of B&O tax is less than $70.00, fill out the B&O credit form.
  • If the total amount of B&O after credit is more than zero, after you write the check, divide the amount into sales tax (account blank) and B&O tax (account "tax").

After doing the above, in the Cactus menu, Sales | Return.  use saletran.  Go bottom.  Ctrl-N for a new line.  Enter something like: 

• 1201354
• CACT
• (blank)
• -4320.80 (note:  This is sales tax without use tax)
• -2078.38 (note:  this is sales tax without B&O tax)
• T
• (blank)
• 10/15/1999
• (blank)
• (blank)
• MONICA
• 5d

Be sure to make photocopies of the Washington page, and copy the Idaho page onto the record form.  File the Washington copy in the bottom drawer, "Tax - State".  I usually mail both the Idaho sales tax and the Idaho payroll tax in the same envelope.