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August 28, 2021
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How to track inventory/materials that get used by our landscaping services side, to each job, instead of having everything in inventory on our material sales to customer?

  • August 28, 2021
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I have quickbooks ONLINE. I have searched for several hours... I have a landscaping services business, and a material supply business. They are joined, under same name, so we run under same quickbooks. I can't do track inventory on anything because I can't separate what the services side takes. I can have them tell me/record it/track it, but how do I take it out of inventory and post it as a cost to a project? Everything is being entered as a sales of product right now (which DOES work for both in the end) but doesn't help me actually having ANY idea of what I actually have on hand, in the yard, to sell! Please help me figure out how I can bring in $10k worth of product into inventory properly, and move what the services side uses out of inventory, while connecting it to projects (for costing reports), and then being able to always know exactly what I have in stock!

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August 30, 2021

Hi alleykroeg.

 

Being able to track your inventory usage for projects is imperative to verify how much you currently have in stock. I'd be happy to help you with how to track inventory usage using projects in QuickBooks Online.

 

QuickBooks Online makes tracking inventory for a job easy with the projects feature. There are a few ways that you can track inventory for a job when using the projects tab. I recommend going over this article that explains the best ways to use this feature. I also suggest reaching out to your accountant to find out what is the best way for your business to track your inventory. If you don't have an accountant no worries, we can help. You can go to My Accountant>Find a pro to help to find one in your area. 

 

If you have any questions let us know and we'd be happy to help!