Sales tax on invoices

I'm trying to devise a way to "hide" the sales tax figure on my invoices. For project that I do with a set price for the customer, I want to be able to give them an invoice where the only number they see is the final amount. I create the invoice as I normally would, adding inventory items and labor as a group with individual item hidden. This gives me a subtotal. QB then calculates sales tax on the taxable items. I have unchecked Sales Tax and Subtotal on the foot section of the invoice so that on the bottom of the invoice the QB prints Total, Credits, and Balance Due. The problem is, under the description column, QB adds a line item for Sales Tax under everything else. Is there anyway to make this dissapear or at least add it to the group item where it will be hidden?

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Kevin
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P.S. I track sales tax through QB so making the items or the customer non taxable is not an option.

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Kevin

In the State where I am it is illegal to hide the sales tax. The merchandise or job price must be shown and then it is illegal for the business to pay the tax, so it must be shown on the invoice in addition to the price charged for goods and services. The customer must then pay the tax. Many states are like this, so you may want to check your state laws before hiding the tax. If you hide the tax, you may be liable for the tax on the amount shown because the state may interpret the figure as the amount of the goods or services. The gov't doesn't like to see a QB invoice in your computer that is different from the invoice your customer has.

Bob

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RobertM

Very interesting. I think maybe I'll check on that before I go any further. Thanks for the heads up.

Kevin

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Kevin

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