I’m sorry if this is a dumb question but I’m very new to QF and accounting software. I’m trying to setup saved items for adding to estimate/invoices.
Primarily this will be labour (I’m a carpet fitter so, fit carpets, uplift old carpet, etc) but also materials.
I’ve found the inventory management, but can’t seem to work out if this is what I need and how to code the items so it tags them as labour, I’ve also found if I change the Inventory List to Purchase order I can use Productive Labour but then I can’t see how to add that to an estimate?
Purchase Order items can only be used on purchase orders. The other two options, however (Sales Tasks and Sales Items) can both be used on a sales invoice.
The difference between them should suit what you need - items have a unit rate and a quantity, whereas tasks have an hourly rate and an hours column.
General sales is a generic sales code and is more than suitable in most cases. You can create your own if you wish, but these are useful for reporting. The same codes would be used on your Profit and Loss report for example.
You can view a full list of your codes by going to Reports >> Chart of Accounts.