Warning: Manually Adding QuickBooks Items to Point of Sale

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Warning: If you have existing inventory items in your QuickBooks financial software, choose not to import them, and then manually add those same items and quantities to Point of Sale, your financial software inventory value can be erroneously increased.

This is because when you manually add inventory items and quantities in Point of Sale, the program will send inventory adjustments (as General Journal transactions) to QuickBooks, showing increases in inventory value. In this case, you will need to make a compensating one-time adjustment in QuickBooks to correct your inventory value.

Refer to the instructions in your QuickBooks financial software documentation for more information about adjusting inventory amounts.