Payment of taxes by company

how company record the payment of taxes and in which account it is debited p&l a/c or any other??
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This discussion clarifies how companies record tax payments. It explains that tax payments are typically debited to 'Current Tax' and credited to 'Tax Payables'. The conversation also touches upon GST accounting, differentiating between input and output GST, and clarifies that purchase accounts are not directly debited for tax payments, especially concerning direct taxes.

DR CURRENT TAX

CR TAX PAYBLES

AND 

PURCHASES DR

GST DR

TO PAYABLES CR

AND

BANK DR

GST CR

SALES CR

OUTPUT GST-INPUT GST = GST PAYABLE IT SEEMS

UNTIL YOU DO THE ABOVE FORMULA DURING FINALISATION

"Input GST is current assets and output GST is current liabilities"

 

 

Purchase account will not be debited.
I am asking about direct tax

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