hi, i've been setting up a new subsidiary and new vendors in the US. when i try to create bills, the tax code doesn't show up. how do i get it to show up?

You can set U.S. sales tax preferences at Setup > Accounting > Taxes > Set Up Taxes. Select the us sub and check Per-Line Taxes on Transactions

i did this, but nothing happened.

Create new transaction

i'm looking at the vendor side, i.e. setting up bills. there is no default tax code set up on the vendor. it looks like the tax code shows up before i choose the vendor. when i choose the vendor, the tax code column completely disappears

Ah sorry it’s for a vendor bill ??? I I thought it was for customer invoices

ya! doesn't happen in our canadian subs, but i just created a US one and it's a mess

it sows to me that on netsuite you can only configure tax codes concerning sales

is it not weird that there's no sales tax on vendor bills?

you can check but when you go to create a tax type us , you will see that you only have the sales account

in the united states, you have no purchase tax?

Exact

interesting... so let's say you have a vendor bill expense of $100, and the sales tax is 10%. you would record $110 to the expense account?

Make a separate line item If this is a straight expense item and you want to see the sales tax handled separately, then yes, creating a separate line item for sales tax is the best way to handle it.

i see. ok. thanks!