NSF check for Sales Receipt with sales tax
How do you correctly handle NSF check in payment of a sales receipt which includes sales tax? We are cash basis for tax purposes. Can we use bad debt expense or just credit the sale?

How do you correctly handle NSF check in payment of a sales receipt which includes sales tax? We are cash basis for tax purposes. Can we use bad debt expense or just credit the sale?


I would create a check, use NSF for check number, and debit net sales to your sales account and sales tax to your sales tax payable account.