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Balance in "Pay Sales Tax" window

QB 2002 Pro. Deleted incorrect sales tax payments, reentered them correctly using "Pay Sales Tax" feature. All entries verified, no sales tax unpaid, and "Sales Tax Payable" account now OK, but the "Pay Sales Tax" window shows a negative amount due with an equal positive amount on the line below. Checking both lines and clicking "OK" puts two offsetting entries for that amount in the "Sales Tax Payable" account (no net change), and issues a check for $0. This creates no entries in the "Sales Tax Adjustments" income account that was set up for the corrections, nor any other change in account balances that I can find. What is happening here, and is there another way to get rid of the incorrect balance shown without this phony entry?

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Bill
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I was unaware you could force QB to issue a check for $0. I have been unable to do so (trying to create dummy checks for different situations, I have had to use $.01).

Did you complete the process, all the way into the 'Write Checks' window? Allowing QB to 'process' the sales tax payable window and credits, may remove them -- in a similar fashion as when you select an invoice and apply a credit (no actual entry is made, the credit is associated with the invoice).

If that didn't work, your best bet is to just wait till the next sales tax period, when tax IS due, and select the two balancing amounts when you create the check.

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L

The check was created automatically - it was just there when I double-clicked the account entries. Thanks for the advice - I should have thought of that.

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Bill

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