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Lesson 3 · 10 min

Tax collected vs tax paid

Separate money you took as sales tax from money you sent to the state.

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Watch the real UI (not a fake grid)

Money pipeline reel Daily Sale → Sales tax collected · later Expense → “Sales tax paid”

Fancy reel from live Mister Store UI · pause and match buttons on your phone
Tax clarity is a real product path (field + notes + expense category). Full Tax pack / CPA export may show more later — start with collected vs paid every night.

Steps

1
Collected = from customersOn Daily Sale, use Sales tax collected — tax on the register that is not your profit.
2
See the home stripWhen sales have tax, home can show Collected vs Paid vs still to remit (book estimate).
3
Paid = to the stateWhen you write the tax check or ACH, log Expense with category Sales tax paid.
4
Read notes if oldOlder nights may only say “Tax collected: $X” in notes — still counts as collected.
5
Not a tax returnThis is store books clarity for you and your CPA — not filing software.

Do this now

On your next Z, fill Sales tax collected with the tax total from the register if you track it.

Avoid

Don’t put vendor product tax the same way as sales tax remittance. Purchases stay purchases; remittance is Sales tax paid.

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