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Consignee accounting

  • March 25, 2023
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I own a consignment business that handles 35-40 consignors (2 member LLC. reporting as a partnership).  When I sell an item, I have been recording the shop commission as income and the amount due the consignor as a current liability.  I track the income/liability separately for each consignor.  Now that I am getting an annual 1099-K, I realize I should have asked this question a while ago!!  The 1099-K shows total credit card processing.  If I report 1065 income that only shows the income I realized from the commissions, it's sure to trigger an IRS inquiry.  Should I add my actual income to the consignor payouts and report that on the 1065?  How do I then reduce that amount on the 1065 to reflect my net income.  Going forward, How should I change my chart of accounts to correctly account for the income to the shop and the amount due to the consignors (paid at the end of each month).  Thanks, Bill

Best answer by Rainflurry

@BillM 

 

See IsabellaG's answer in this thread.  She nails it...

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-report-my-income-at-my-consignment-shop/00/394307 

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Rainflurry
March 26, 2023
AlcaeusF
April 6, 2023

Hello, Rainflurry.

 

I appreciate you for always sharing your knowledge about QuickBooks. This will definitely help other users as well in the future. Please keep on posting here in the Community.

 

Stay safe and have a great rest of the day.