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# How do I account for a tax rebate I had received after paying taxes in Zoho Books?

Consider a scenario where you have to pay about $100 in taxes and receive $20 as rebate(commission). In this case, the tax paid to the tax agency would be $80.

To record the tax payment amount $80 (paid to your tax agency), please record an expense with Expense Account as **“Tax Payable”** and **Paid Through** your bank account.

Currently, there is no option to record the commission as Income. As a workaround, please follow the steps mentioned below:

*   Create an expense for $20 with **Expense Account** as **“Tax Payable”** and **Paid Through** as **“Advance Tax”**.(This is an intermediate account to transfer the tax payable amount to Income account).
*   Next, add a **Manual Journal** entry with **“Advance Tax”** and **“Commission”** (You can also create a new Income account, say, “Commission”) for an amount of $20 for both the accounts.
*   Please enter the amount $22 in **Debits** box for the account **“Advance Tax”** and **Credits** box for the account **“Commission”**.
*   Once that is done you can verify this tax payment in the report.

You can learn more about Manual Journals [here](/books/help/accountant/manual-journal.html).