This tab is used for setting the item accounting options. It is unavailable for the ‘Job Type’ item type.
Items (create) form. The ‘Accounting Parameters’ tab
The specified Business Activity is used to record profit from sales for this item, its cost and its production cost. You can select it from the Business Activities catalog.
The system will use it in the documents for this item. To make this field visible, enable the ‘Accounting by several business activities (two or more)’ option in the ‘Enterprise’ section (to learn more about the section settings, see par. Settings for the 'Enterprise' section). To open the ‘Business Activities’ catalog, click the ‘Show all’ hyperlink from the drop-down list. If the necessary business activity has not been added yet, you can create it by pressing the ‘Create’ button on the toolbar of the displayed catalog or by pressing the button in the same drop-down list. To edit the selected business activity, press the
button located to the right of the field. To apply the changes, press the ‘Save and close’ or ‘Save’ button.
The VAT is selected from the ‘VAT Rate’ catalog. The system will also use it in the documents for this item. To make this field visible, enable the ‘Use VAT Accounting’ option in the ‘Enterprise’ section (to learn more about the section settings, see par. Settings for the 'Enterprise' section). You can access the catalog, add and edit the rate by following the same steps as with the business activity.
Use Write Off Method to set the write off method for a specific good. Please note that this attribute will be taken into account only if the ‘Combined’ write off method is selected for the entity. If the ‘By Average’ or ‘FIFO’ write off method is selected, this item and the rest of the items will be written off using ‘By Average’ or ‘FIFO’ accordingly (to learn more about write off methods for goods and materials, please see par. Create and edit entity. The 'Accounting Parameters' tab).
Use the Use Characteristics option to specify additional attributes of goods such as color, dimensions, power, etc. By completing them you can, for instance, see which armchairs are sold better: red or blue. You can search the electric appliances in the warehouse with the plug for local sockets or set higher prices for the smartphones of popular color. To make this field visible, enable the ‘Keep inventory accounting by characteristics’ option in the ‘Purchases’ section (to learn more about the section settings, see par. Settings for the 'Purchases' section). The characteristics are created in a respective catalog. To access the catalog, please click the ‘More...’ hyperlink on the toolbar above and select ‘Characteristics’ from the displayed list. If the item has been already used in some documents, you cannot enable/disable the option (in this case you will see the locked padlock next to the attributes).
Use the Use Batches option for inventory accounting by batches, i.e. batches of the same inventory can be accounted in the warehouse separately. Please note that the item batch is not the same as asset recognition document and is not used to determine the cost of writing off inventories using FIFO write off method. To make this field visible, enable the ‘Keep inventory accounting by batches’ option in the ‘Purchases’ section (to learn more about the section settings, see par. Settings for the 'Purchases' section). The batches are created in a respective catalog. You can access this catalog by following the same steps as for the characteristics (see previous paragraph). If the item has been already used in some documents, you cannot enable/disable the option (in this case you will see the locked padlock next to the attributes).