Tax dental report and gl are not the same

Hello pam-small,

It's important your reports are matching and I'll be happy to give you a hand. QuickBooks offers a variety of reports which help you streamline your work while you automate most of your accounting tasks.

There are several reasons why you're seeing a difference between the reports. I encourage you to double-check with the reasons below and let me know how you make out:

• The date ranges don't match
• The accounting bases of the reports do not match. 
• Sales items point to incorrect sales accounts.
• The P&L report includes transactions that do not use items (e.g., the Expense on a bill or a journal entry).

It's important to check you're using the appropriate accounting method and you can check this using the steps below: 

1. Click on Settings ⚙, then select Account and Settings.
2. Navigate to the Advanced tab.
3. In the Accounting section, click Edit ✎ icon.
4. Select the Accounting method.
5. Click Save, then Done.

You can also adjust the accounting method from your reports. Once you have the report open, look for where it says Accounting method. From here you can select the method you'd like to use. I'd recommend checking the transactions on the report and making sure they're recorded correctly. 

Give these steps a try and if you have questions, don't hesitate to message me in the comments below.