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September 24, 2022
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How can I delete the Sales tax added? And Sales tax is already added to my account transactions.

  • September 24, 2022
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September 24, 2022

Thanks for joining the Community, @ctctcleaningserv.

 

I can share some information on how to make sales tax rates and accounts inactive.

 

Making a sales tax rate inactive removes it from your QuickBooks Online interface. However, to hold data integrity you can't delete it fully in the system.

 

Here's how to deactivate a tax rate:

  1.   Go to Taxes.
  2. Select Edit sales tax, then select Edit rates.
  3. Find the tax rate you want to deactivate, then switch it from On to Off.
  4. Select Yes.

 

Then you'll want to deactivate the tax account.

  1. Go to the Accounting menu and then select Chart of accounts.
  2. Find the account in question and click the Triangle button beside Account history from the Action column.
  3. Select Make inactive.

 

In addition, if you want to remove the sales tax previously added to each sales transaction, you can remove them by hand.

 

Here's how:

  1. Go to Sales and then select All Sales.
  2. Click a Sales Receipt or Invoice.
  3. Choose a different tax rate like Out of scope.
  4. Hit Save and close.

 

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You can always place a comment if you have other QuickBooks sales tax concerns. I'm always here to help. Have a nice day!