Why Are Items On Sales Orders Marked Closed Before Invoicing On a Partially Fulfilled Sales Order?

In QuickBooks 2009 for releases prior to R6, there was a bug (which has since been fixed) where undelivered items on a sales order that had previously been partially fulfilled had been incorrectly marked closed and could not be unchecked to be invoiced.  This bug is discussed in this Intuit knowledge base article. The bug [...]

What Is a Group Item?

In QuickBooks a group item is a specific type of Item that is used to quickly enter a bundle of individual items that are typically bought or sold together where tracking the detail on individual items is desired. See our article on all of the Item types supported by QuickBooks for more information. It is [...]

What Is an Inventory Assembly Item?

In QuickBooks an inventory assembly item is a specific type of Item that is the result of putting together a new inventory part out of a bundle of individual items to enable tracking finished goods separately from individual components. Normally, an inventory assembly item is used when separate raw materials are assembled, packaged, and sold [...]

What Item Types Does QuickBooks Support?

QuickBooks supports 11 Item Types. Items themselves are maintained on the Lists->Item List menu selection, but the Item Types are pre-configured in QuickBooks and can’t be maintained by a user. The 11 Item Types are: Service Inventory Part Inventory Assembly Non-inventory Part Other Charge Subtotal Group Discount Payment Sales Tax Item Sales Tax Group There [...]