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(3 replies, posted in Items and Inventory)

Thank you for your reply to my post kvvaradha.
That is a good solution, except then I am keeping track of the weight units sold, as opposed to the gross unit.
Example:  I sell 1 unit that is 5 kg 140 grams.  To invoice and get the correct price, I would be selling 5.140 units @ $3.20 per kg, instead of 1 unit @ $16.45.
One solution would be to have an item for each of the weights that I would be selling, but then I have an issue with what location to receive the items and how to allocate them for sales locations.

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(3 replies, posted in Items and Inventory)

I sell most all of the items by weight.  Is there a best practice for setting this up in FA?  On my point of sale system I generated a master item, and then had sub-items for each variation of weight.
Thank you for considering my question.

In my business I purchase goods for resale from suppliers and sell to customers.  Besides the cost of inventory, I allocate costs to the cost of goods sold account.  On the purchase order, the supplier is Joe's Supplier.  Below is an example of the GL items added:


Code    Item           # of items        Cost per Item       Total Cost:
5000     Cases        40                    $50                      $2,000      (using an inventory item)

(added GL items on the Purchases / Supplier invoice page):

Freight    $500
Customs Broker   $250
Fed Import Tax     $96
Local Freight        $100

When I allocate a $2000 payment on the Supplier invoice, it decreases the Payable amount but leaves a balance of the total of the GL amounts.  These services and taxes should not be payable to the supplier of the inventory.
How do I account for paying these amounts? 
Do I use the Payment link on the Banking and general ledger page?
If I do use the Payment link, do I debit the payment to accounts payable, or directly to the cost of goods sold account?