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Sales tax of $100 is collected from a customer to be remitted to the state at a later date

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Sales tax of $100 is collected from a customer to be remitted to the state at a later date. What journal entry is used to record this transaction?

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Date General Journal Debit Credit
  Cash 100  
  Sales Taxes Payable   100

When sales tax is collected from a customer to later remit to the state it must be credited into a separate liability account called sales taxes payable. Once the taxes are remitted to the state the sales taxes payable account will be decreased.

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