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Business Central incorrectly posts sales tax from invoices

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If I set BC to Sales Tax and then set an invoice in accounts payable to tax liable and enter a taxable item, BC will post a debit to the sales tax payable GL account.  This is incorrect.  This reduces the balance of the payable account.  Maybe this is what you'd want if you are paying VAT, but I need Sales Tax.  When I mark an invoice as tax liable it should credit the sales tax payable GL code because I need to pay more tax.  How can I get Business Central to calculate sales tax and not VAT? Additionally, how can I indicate that the vendor has collected the tax?  I'm pulling the tax amount off of the invoice via OCR.  Right now I have that line set to validate the tax.  If I set the tax group to Expense/Capitalize the tax it doesn't add the tax to any GL code.
 
To sum up.
 
Where should I enter sales tax collected by a vendor?
 
When we owe sales tax on an invoice we need to pay, how can I get BC to add the tax to a payable GL?
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    Chavda Dharmendra Profile Picture
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    Business Central incorrectly posts sales tax from invoices
    Hello,
     
    I think you working with USA region.
     
    USA have both VAT and U.S. Sales Tax.
     
    You can Check VAT posting setup for GL account.
     
    Tax Group and Tax area for calculating correct tax in document before posting.
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    90,179 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Business Central incorrectly posts sales tax from invoices
    It is not clear what version you are using. For the Vat Posting Group settings, there are only the following settings. You can try changing the options below first.
     
    Thanks
    ZHU

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