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The majority of states in the United States levy a tax on the sale of merchandise. At the moment the sale is competed (whether payment is received or not) the amount of the sales tax is credited to the Sales Tax Payable in the books of the seller. Periodically the Sales Tax Payable account will be debited when the tax is remitted to the state tax authority. The buyer of goods does not record a sales tax expense separately in his/her accounts, it is merely added to the cost of the goods, and the entire amount is debited to Purchases.
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