How do I remove automated sales tax as the default?

Hello, Pcameron. I can see the inconvenience of manually overriding sales tax on every invoice. While QuickBooks Desktop doesn't offer an option to turn off Automated Sales Tax, we can work around this to save you time and ease your workflow.

In QuickBooks Desktop, we can review and update your Sales Tax Items to ensure the correct rates are applied moving forward.

Here's how:

1. Select Edit at the top of the QuickBooks Desktop menu and choose Preferences.
2. Go to Sales Tax and click on the Company Preferences tab.
3. Confirm that the "Do you charge sales tax?" setting reflects your actual business operations (i.e., set to Yes if you use sales tax, or No if you don't).
4. Double-check the default rates listed and update them as needed.

You can also adjust the sales tax item on your items and set customers or jobs to non‑taxable if necessary. Check out this resource article for detailed steps: Setting up sales tax in QuickBooks Desktop.

Please note that if you are referring to QuickBooks Online, you can disable your automated sales tax by following the steps in this article: Turn off automated sales tax in QuickBooks Online.

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