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Entering Balances into a New QuickBooks File

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Starting a new QuickBooks file is pretty straightforward if your business is new. Unfortunately, most people have an existing company and then decide to move to QuickBooks. It is also pretty straightforward to create a Journal Entry to enter the beginning balances of each of the accounts. But, again, most people have transactions and other data like uncleared checks, open invoices, and unpaid bills that also need to be entered. I have seen lots of creative (and messy) ways to enter these.

Turns out, the steps are not that difficult. At least it’s not something that an evening with some good music (and a glass of wine) can’t fix. The key is…do not follow Intuit’s instructions, because they actually make a bigger mess.

In this video (must be a Silver Club member to view) will walk you through the steps. If you would like assistance, come to Office Hours or use this link to set up a coaching session https://qbws.as.me/JT-Consult 

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Proc – Entering balances in a new QB file

 

Selling Used Wine Barrels

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This time of the year many of you are selling wine barrels to make room for new barrels. So what is the best way to handle this?

First, make an Other Charge type item and point it to a Misc Income account:

On your invoice, fill in the number of barrels and the cost per barrel. For the description, enter enough detail so that the barrels can be identified on the depreciation schedule. For example, “3-year-old barrels” or “2016 barrels”:

Here’s where things get tricky: if the barrels are sold to a winery they are not taxable because they are “ingredients” and are part of the thing they are selling. Or if they are sold to a woodworker who is fashioning it into something awesome so that the barrels are eventually sold (albeit in a different form), they are not taxable. In both these cases, your buyer has a resale number which you should collect for your records. (You are collecting these forms from all of your distributor and wholesale customers, right?)

However, if the barrels are sold to an individual to be used as a planter or something for themselves then it is taxable and needs to be counted as taxable sales on your sales tax return. It’s fine to sell the barrel as “tax included”. Just remember to not include the sale in your “sale to reseller” amount on your sales tax return.

Another detail is that the barrels need to be removed from the depreciation schedule. So be sure to let your CFO (or whoever calculates your costing) before the year-end is closed so that the right amount of depreciation is included in the costing. And, of course, let your tax preparer know so that the depreciation on the tax return is correct.

Coming Soon: How to pull the list of new fixed assets so you (or your tax preparer or CFO) can update the depreciation schedule.

SVB Annual Wine Survey – Heads Up

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The winemaking team is preoccupied with the crush, and the accounting team is just twiddling their thumbs (Ha, we never get to do that…). Rob McMillan at Silicon Valley Bank is preparing his annual Wine Report and he needs your input. Each year, 20 percent of the wineries in the US participate in this survey. Of course most of these are the large wineries. Let’s make sure that the boutique and family wineries are represented. If you want to know some benchmarks that are useful for you, the small winery, this is how they are generated.

From October 1 to October 19, the survey will be open. If you participated last year, you will receive an email. But if this is your first time, look for the announcement in industry publications or check back here for the link to the official survey.

In the meantime, here is the list of questions so you can prepare your answers.

SVB Annual Survey Questions

 

Cheers!

Jeanette

Bundles and Packs

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Do you offer bundles such as a vertical of your award winning wine, or packs like Summer Picnic Pack or Holiday Gift Trio?

Or do you run your wine club straight out of QuickBooks (and not through your POS or eCommerce program)?

If so, this webinar is for you. There are 2 tools in QuickBooks that will save you time. These are Assemblies and Groups, but when is the best time to use each one and how do you use them?

This video (must be a Silver Club member to view) will walk you through the steps.

Bundles and Packs Worksheet

 

Bundles and Packs

 

 

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