How do I resolve "You must specify a vendor name for the sales tax account." in QuickBooks Desktop?
Overview
When trying to create a credit memo we received the following error "You must specify a vendor name for the sales tax account."
Environment
Avalara AvaTax
QuickBooks
Resolution
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QuickBooks provides reporting for Taxable Sales and Non-Taxable Sales, therefore the SalesTax Item still must have a reporting agency tied to it.
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Go to the Item List and Edit the Sales Tax Item and verify that a Vendor has been assigned to the Tax Item.
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The field "TaxAgency (vendor that you collect for)" is blank. The tax agency should be "Avalara".
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