{"id":17883,"date":"2024-06-24T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?post_type=user_manual&#038;p=17883"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:46:41","slug":"adding-taxes-and-cost-centers-to-journal-entries","status":"publish","type":"user_manual","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/adding-taxes-and-cost-centers-to-journal-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Taxes and Cost Centers to Journal Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716103215436{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To add a tax or a cost center to journal entries, you need to activate this setting first. We will review the steps in this guide.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Adding Taxes and Cost Centers to Journal Entries&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716103301161{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1768736796048{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Click on &#8220;<strong>Accounting Settings<\/strong>&#8221; from the &#8220;<strong>Accounting<\/strong>&#8221; dropdown menu in the main menu, then select &#8220;<strong>General<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/General-Accounting-Settings-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/General-Accounting-Settings-.png 1365w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/General-Accounting-Settings--300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/General-Accounting-Settings--1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/General-Accounting-Settings--768x354.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-sider-select-id=\"b804407c-1ad5-4b97-be54-f86f4c11c7b5\">Activate the &#8220;<strong>Display Tax In The Journal Entries<\/strong>&#8221; option to be able to assign taxes to journal entries during the addition process.<\/li>\n<li data-sider-select-id=\"b804407c-1ad5-4b97-be54-f86f4c11c7b5\">Activate the &#8220;<strong>Display Cost Center In The Journal Entries<\/strong>&#8221; option to be able to assign cost centers to journal entries during the addition process. Then click the &#8220;<strong>Save<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Display-tax-and-cost-centers-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Display-tax-and-cost-centers-.png 1365w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Display-tax-and-cost-centers--300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Display-tax-and-cost-centers--1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Display-tax-and-cost-centers--768x353.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After activation, you can click on &#8220;<strong>Add Entry<\/strong>&#8221; from the &#8220;<strong>Accounting<\/strong>&#8221; dropdown menu in the main menu to find the fields for selecting the cost center and the tax you want to apply to this entry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34031 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/aefgvagag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/aefgvagag.png 1366w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/aefgvagag-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/aefgvagag-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/aefgvagag-768x336.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":13,"template":"","categories":[2109,2108,2117,2116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17883","user_manual","type-user_manual","status-publish","hentry","category-general-accounting","category-accounting","category-cost-centers","category-journal-entries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adding Taxes and Cost Centers to Journal Entries - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/adding-taxes-and-cost-centers-to-journal-entries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adding Taxes and Cost Centers to Journal Entries - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716103215436{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;] To add a tax or a cost center to journal entries, you need to activate this setting first. 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