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Reset Inventory Accounts in the New Year

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There is no hard close to the QuickBooks file at the end of the year because that is how QuickBooks works. However, resetting the inventory accounts is a step that needs to be done at the beginning of the year.  This step does not affect any of the accounting, but it makes the sub-accounts of the bulk wine and case goods zero which makes it much easier to match the costing book to the balance sheet.

Remember that finishing the costing book and confirming that it matches the balance sheet is a necessary process, even though it is often frustrating. If you reset the inventory accounts it is much easier to match the cost pools and the transfers between the bulk wine and the case goods.

I find that it is fun to do this journal entry. I don’t know why maybe it’s because it means that a new year has started, or maybe it’s just a nerd accounting thing.

Cheers!

In this video (must be a Silver Club member to view) I 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.

Office Hours 02-26-19

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Here is the recording for office hours. The topics that came up were:

  1. JE for Transferring Inventory for the new year
  2. How to Memorize a JE
  3. Separating out Packing & Shipping cost for retail
  4. Closing Processes for the year-end <include link to year-end checklist
  5. Resetting Inventory Accounts
  6. The cost to Aquire an asset
  7. Fixed Assets/ deprecations
  8. Shipping through another winery and how to account for the cost
  9. Sales tax
  10. Square
  11. Discounts
  12. Direct and Indirect Costs

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Office Hours 01-29-19

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Here is the recording for the January Office Hours. The topics discussed were:

  1. Items for Hourly consulting and contract payments
  2. CPA referral
  3. Inventory adjustment
  4. Creating new inventory and duplicating an item
  5. Using cases in everything – intuit will track 3 decimal pts
  6. Backing up- talking about condensing a file – damage file
  7. Revel (POS) tracks in multiple location – QB’s only one location

These are the links to places we discussed:

Intuitive Accountant

(re) Introducing The Wine DTC Vendor Matrix

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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.

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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