Items

All goods and services that you sell should be setup as an item.  You can then select from a list of items you have setup when you create a new  booking or invoice, and the default price, tax etc, for the item will automatically show in the invoice.  Items are either Hire, Non-Hire or Non-Stock.  This allows you to charge out general sales items and services as well as hire items.

How add new items

  1. From the Main Menu, click Setup then click Items to open the Items List window.
  2. Click the New button to open the Items window.
  3. Type in the Description for the item.
  4. Select the Item Type.
    Note:  You can click the asterisk button to add a new item type.

Setting up default prices for the item

  1. In the Price Defaults section, select the Unit (e.g. Each, Hour, Day, Week).
  2. Click the drop down arrow and double click your selection
  3. Type in either the Sell Ex price or the Sell inc price (only one is required if GST is selected) for that Unit
  4. In the Tax box select GST or Free, (GST is the default), and the program will automatically calculate the Sell Ex GST. Note the program will calculate the other price from either of the Sell price’s.
  5. Enter any further Units and their prices for that Item before proceeding
  6. Enter any Deposit details that you require (this can always be over ridden at Payment stage), in either Deposit $ or Deposit%.
  7. Enter the Category for the Item by selecting the drop down arrow next to Category. (If a New Category is required select the asterisk next to the Category drop down arrow and follow the procedure for entering a New Category)
  8. Type in any comments you would like to see about this Item in the Comments section on and any Sales Prompt messages you would like your staff to know about this Item when selected in a Booking or Invoice .For Instance, if it is mechanical equipment hired out, your Sales Prompt may say “Ensure Operating instructions are taken
  9. Click Save & Close or select Save & New to enter another item
  10. Click Close when finished
    If similarly priced Items already exist you can copy your price structure directly to this new item by following the procedure Items Copy Price Structure to other items.

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