Should my tax liability report show a "Total" figure which is a net of tax on sales/purchases? Currently the total column is just a total of vat sales and vat purchases

We appreciate you posting here in the forum, Frank.

I'm pleased to share information regarding the Tax Liability Report in QuickBooks Online.

The Tax Liability Report allows you to review your VAT information. This contains columns for the net amount of taxable or non-taxable sales and for collected VAT from each of your sales.

This report will only show the sum of all the taxes collected from your customers, which refers to the total tax amounts. It includes federal, regional, and local tax rates such as city, county, or province.

On the other hand, you can refer to this article for guidance on submitting and recording sales tax payments: File your sales tax return and record sales tax payments in QuickBooks Online.

Feel free to add a reply on this thread if you have additional questions when running tax reports or other related concerns in QuickBooks Online. We're here to help.