Sell Service and Non-Inventory Items

Sales Overview | Inventory Item Types

Service items are typically used to charge for repairs, alterations, warranty work, or other non-merchandise charges. Service items can be used to charge for labor by the hour (see note below). On-hand quantities are not tracked for service items in inventory (always = 0).

Non-inventory items are identical to service items in that they always have a zero on-hand quantity in inventory. Non-inventory items can be used to record the sale of miscellaneous charges or fees or for selling incidental items not individually tracked in inventory.

Having two item types for which quantities are not tracked in inventory allows you to categorize and send non-merchandise sales to your QuickBooks financial software using two separate accounts.

To list a service or non-inventory item:

- Use standard item listing procedures to list the item on the receipt.

Related Topics

Use decimal quantities

Charge for services by the hour

Collect government-mandated fees