sales taxForums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FA – FIA FFA › sales taxThis topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)AuthorPosts January 14, 2015 at 8:34 am #222570 muradnMemberTopics: 50Replies: 53☆☆at 01.12.2012 A company owed sales tax to the state of 23,778$. during the month of december she had the following transactions:– sales of $ 800,000 exclusive of 17.5% sales tax – purchases of $ 590,790 inclusive of 17.5 % sales taxduring the month she has not paid tax to the state. how much did A company owe to the state for the sales tax at the end of December? January 15, 2015 at 7:35 am #222679 John MoffatKeymasterTopics: 57Replies: 54699☆☆☆☆☆At the start of the month there was 23778 owing.In addition they owe the tax on the sales. The sales were exclusive of tax and so the tax is 800,000 x 0.175.However the will subtract the tax suffered on the purchases. The purchases were inclusive of tax and so the tax is 590790 x 0.175/1.175If you complete the calculations you will end up with tax of 75788 owing 🙂(You might find the free lecture on sales tax useful)AuthorPostsViewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In