Handbook of Business Procedures

5.5.1. RECORDING SALES TAX DEPOSITS IN *DEFINE

A. Calculation of Sales Tax

The tax must be calculated based on taxable sales and the applicable tax rate. Taxable and nontaxable sales should be included on the same *DEFINE VC1 document but should be listed on separate lines.

B. Remittance of Sales Tax

Sales tax receipts are remitted to the state within three days of collection.

Standards for all sales tax deposits:

1. Required Documents

Deposits should be recorded electronically using a *DEFINE VC1 document. Note: Interdepartmental Transfers (IDTs) should not charge sales tax.

2. Segregation of Taxable and Nontaxable Sales

When depositing sales tax, taxable sales must be segregated from nontaxable sales by denoting each item on a separate line on the same *DEFINE VC1 document. The deposit should have separate totals for the following items:

• Sales not subject to sales tax (sample description: "NT book sales")
• Sales subject to sales tax (sample description: "T book sales")
• Sales tax separated by tax rate (sample description: "Tax - book sales Travis County")

3. Object Code

County	Object Code	Permanent UT Facility
Fannin	6034	McDonald Observatory
Fayette	6035	Winedale
Jefferson Davis	6036	Not applicable
Midland	6037	Not applicable
Nueces	6033	Marine Science Institute
Travis	6032	Most UT Austin facilities, including Pickle Research Campus (PRC) and Applied Research Laboratories (ARL)
Other	6038

Note: For university departments operating a temporary place of business in any county other than the department’s home county, the object code used on the *DEFINE VC1 document should be that of the county in which the temporary place of business is located, regardless of whether the university maintains a permanent place of business in that county.

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