The SALES TAX field group

The SALES TAX field group represents the tax treatment that will be applied to this vendor. It can be the sales tax, prices including or excluding sales tax, and the tax exempt number, if there is any. An explanation of each field in the SALES TAX field group is as follows:

Sales tax group can be set as the default at the vendor group level; just navigate to Accounts Payable | Vendors | Vendor groups. Also, it can be overridden by the user on the vendor form.

Setting sales tax at the vendor group level will cascade down to newly created vendors in this group. This ensures that the sales tax will be filled in automatically. On the other hand, it can be overridden on the vendor form or at the transaction level for exceptional cases. It is recommended not to leave the overwrite permission with the end users, to avoid issues in the posted sales tax.