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Legacy Tax: Set Chart of Accounts as Tax Control Accounts for United States and Canada
Scenario:
A user with an Administrator role wants to set accounts created in the Chart of Accounts page (Lists > Accounting > Accounts) as their Tax Control Accounts for United States and Canada but is unable to do so. These accounts are not available in the Liability/Sales Tax Account and Asset/Purchase Tax Account drop-down selection on the Tax Type record. Only accounts created from Setup > Accounting > Tax Control Accounts appear. The customer is using Legacy Tax (Advanced Taxes).
Explanation: The ability to set accounts created in the Chart of Accounts page as Tax Control Accounts for United States and Canada is currently a system limitation in Legacy Tax (Advanced Taxes) logged under
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