Re: Ledger-smb-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 8

["Martin Prior" <..hidden..>]

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:08:51 +0800,  
<..hidden..> wrote:

> I am using one of the standard chart of accounts provided with  
> Ledger-SMB.
> One of my activities is baking bread. I have a seperate program which
> takes care of producing invoices and calculate the costing.
> I would like to add two accounts "Sales - Bread" and "Cost of Sales  
> Bread".
> Currently "Sales is 4000 and Materials Purchased is 5000, I want them  
> left
> alone because I do some manufacturing of other products and they appear
> under those accounts.
> I only want to make entries via the general ledger at the end of each
> month for the "Cost of Bread sales" and "Sales - Bread"
> What entries do I need to make to achieve this? Could I simply do 4001
> Sales Bread 5001 Cost of Sales Bread?

With reference to the above. I have figured out how to set up those two  
accounts. However there is a flaw. I cannot simply post sales and cost of  
sales because the transaction will not balance. Where do I put the  
difference between sales and cost of sales? Profit and Loss Account?

Regards

Martin Prior

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