Answer the following questions related to sales transactions in merchandising companies:

(A). At the time of the sales transaction when a customer buys the product, who is paying the sales tax? The company of the customer?

(B). Is the amount of the sales tax ever included in the Sales Revenue account? Why or why not?

(C). At the time of the transaction when the company remits the sales tax to the state, is the company incurring an expense on the income statement? Why or why not?