AssyEng

Ya I agree, EA was developed without much real world thought in many areas. Unfortunate because I thought it could be a suitable replacement for quickbooks who recently more than doubled their fee and made buying a desktop version very difficult and good for 1 year only. For what it's worth I did grab a copy of Avanquest's My Software Bookkeeper. Low cost and seems to have what I need. trying to get it started but running into opening balance things because I am not an accountant and although it claims it will import I have not had any luck there.

Thanks for your informed response. The proposed work-around is good but, as you mentioned, adds to the process and could seriously compromises the books. Unfortunate because overall it is fairly robust software.

Does anyone know a workaround for Inventory in EA. When a purchase order is recorded the goods immediately go into inventory. This is unrealistic and potential for major problems. Often a PO is written and goods are not received for up of a couple of months. Some sooner some later. Second, the goods do arrive they need to be entered into inventory. Often shipped to customers immediately. This software apparently does not enter items in inventory until the bill arrives. The bill can arrive several weeks after the goods. I entered an opening balance for items with their associated cost and sell price. Some have been sold but and shipped but the income statement shows 100% profit, no deduction for cost of goods. Any thoughts?