Recording inventory you receive

Inventory requires more care and feeding than other types of things that you sell,…because you have to keep track of it from the time you buy it to when your…customers pay for the inventory you've sold.…Even the initial purchase of inventory is more complicated than buying office…supplies or services.…Although bills usually come with a shipment of the inventory, you might receive…the bill before or after the inventory arrives.…QuickBooks has commands for recording bills and inventory shipments regardless…of when they do arrive.…A bill accompanying a shipment of inventory is the most common situation and…QuickBooks has a command that handles both of these tasks at the same time.…

On the homepage click Receive Inventory and then choose Receive Inventory with…Bill on the shortcut menu.…The Enter Bills window opens because you're going to enter a bill for the…inventory that arrived.…In the Vendor dropdown list choose the vendor who sent the bill. QuickBooks…fills in the Vendor box with the vendor's name.…