Re: [GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold inventory

2023-05-22 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/21/2023 7:26 PM, Jamie Tolbert wrote: I am slowly wrapping my head around things, kinda stuck on a question about accounting for unsold inventory. Say I bought 10 widgets, for 100 each, my cost of good sold is 1000; I sold 6 for 140 each. My sales is 840, but my cost of good sold is only 6

Re: [GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold inventory

2023-05-21 Thread Stephen M. Butler
For my inventory I assign a cost per unit (looks like yours is $100/unit).  That is a valid "expense" and can show up either as an expense item or as a reduction of sales.  I assigned mine as a reduction against sales (sub-account called COGS).  The other side of that entry is against inventory

Re: [GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold inventory

2023-05-21 Thread Jamie
thank you, that makes much more sense than the method I was contemplating. -- Original Message -- From "Murugan Muruganandam" To "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" ; "Jamie Tolbert" Date 5/21/2023 7:47:43 PM Subject Re: [GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold i

Re: [GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold inventory

2023-05-21 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
Saludos Cordiales Murugan From: gnucash-user on behalf of Jamie Tolbert Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 7:26 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold inventory I am slowly wrapping my head around things, kinda stuck on a question about

[GNC] cost of goods sold, unsold inventory

2023-05-21 Thread Jamie Tolbert
I am slowly wrapping my head around things, kinda stuck on a question about accounting for unsold inventory. Say I bought 10 widgets, for 100 each, my cost of good sold is 1000; I sold 6 for 140 each. My sales is 840, but my cost of good sold is only 600, not 1000, How do I account for the 4 re