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Perpetual Inventory

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  • February 6, 2024

Perpetual Inventory

In the perpetual inventory system, an accounting entry is recorded for every stock transaction. Alternatively, these entries may occur at broader intervals, such as monthly or quarterly. Each warehouse is associated with a corresponding account.

Upon receiving items in a specific warehouse, the balance in the Warehouse Account will rise. Likewise, when items are dispatched from the warehouse, an expense is recorded, leading to a reduction in the Warehouse Account balance.

1. How to activate perpetual inventory

  1. Activate Perpetual Inventory:

    Home > Accounting > Company > Enable Perpetual Inventory

     Note:

    Please be aware that disabling perpetual inventory will require users to manually handle the account entries.

  2. Set up the following default accounts for each Company if not set. These accounts are created automatically in the new BizCentric accounts.
    • Default Inventory Account (Asset)
    • Stock Received but Not Billed (Liability)
    • Stock Adjustment Account (Expense)
    • Expenses Included in Valuation (Expense)
    • Cost Center
  3. If the user wants to set an individual account for each warehouse, create account head for each account. Go to:

    Accounts > Chart of Accounts > Company > Application of Funds (Assets) > Current Asset > Stock Assets > Create a new account with same name as Warehouse

    Now, go to a warehouse and link this account to the warehouse. This helps in filtering and viewing statements warehouse-wise.

  4. In stock transactions, general ledger entries are generated based on the Account Head assigned to the warehouse. If no account has been set for the warehouse, the system retrieves the account head from the parent warehouse. If no account has been set for the parent warehouse either, then the system retrieves the account (Default Inventory Account) from the company master.

  1. Accounting Of Inventory Stock
  2. Migrate to Perpetual Inventory