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  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • January 14, 2015 at 8:34 am #222570
    muradn
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    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 tax

    during 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 Moffat
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    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 0.175/1.175

    If you complete the calculations you will end up with tax of 75788 owing 🙂

    (You might find the free lecture on sales tax useful)

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