Set starting balance of tax payables

[Davide]

I have to create a new business.

I cannot set the starting balance of the default account of tax payables. Is it a bug or am I missing something?

[Ealfardan]

That’s by design.

See this:

Sales amount difference

I think creating default Tax payable account is correct. Otherwise it goes to Suspense and then people are confused why so many amounts are in suspense and it’s difficult to tell because when you click on the transaction, it’s not obvious until you connect the dots and realize the amounts in Suspense are tax amounts. I’ve noticed this struggle on the forum several times already. So, Tax payable or whatever this default account is called, should exist. However, what I’m thinking is that this ac…