Thank you so much! As a hobby seller of less than $1k monthly, i haven't been tracking my numbers on 3 platforms, so now I'm scrambling to go back to January! What a pain!
Thank you SOOO much! And for the spreadsheets. It can feel so overwhelming and I will probably use your services down the line when I grow bigger! Lord willing! haha.
Thank you so much for these resources. This is my first year as a reseller and I have been using the spreadsheet to keep track of my inventory. I am wondering how to account for my existing inventory, purchased in 2023, when I start my 2024 spreadsheet? Do I have to copy it over line by line?
Hey have both of your programs. I had a quick question what happens if you put down starting and ending inventory balance but you use the cash method. I put down a little amount but Id like to correct it for the next year
Some people said when they use cash accting, they’ve been putting 0 on both, but idk how it works if you’ve already put numbers down the first yr, cuz I always wondered the same
Just an FYI I downloaded the spreadsheet but when you go to the summary tab by default it's rounding up your total. In my example, the first item I input under "item profit" was $24.50 on the inventory detail tab but was showing $25 in the summary tab. You might want to update the spreadsheet as this would definitely give you false numbers once multiple items are added.
I really like the spreadsheet! One question I have is if a buyer pays shipping what column would you list that in, or should I create a column to track that?
It really depends how you want to be able to see it. From a pure accounting standpoint buyer shipping is recorded as part of the overall income, or sometimes people break it out separately as shipping income. The key is to be consistent.
thank you for your informative videos. do i need to prove my COGS with receipts? some times garage sales do not provide receipts. what should be done in this instance?
Is it possible to add multiple units of certain items? I am often buying i.e. 200 units of same item which makes me create a new line for each item to get the correct data
Love the looks of this spreadsheet! But how best to handle if 50% of your purchases are bulk purchases- such as bluebox jewlery boxes, jewlery jars, etc. Which can have hundreds of items, and the rest of your inventory purchases are smaller quantities of different items such as clothing or hard goods? I'd love to do individual but hundreds of different postcards or jewlery pieces? I'm not sure what to do?
In that case I would recommend an average cost tracking system rather than individual. I have a spreadsheet for that you can get using the same link, and that I will put up a walk through for soon!
So, is it true as a Sole Proprietor, I can add my cost of goods in the Materials & Supplies section of a Schedule C (Calif.) And if so, how do I buy past the Inventory beginning/ending of year on the online Schedule C or is that even possible? Thank you for your informative videos. 😺👍
Any thoughts on how to go about dealing with damaged inventory? Let’s say I purchased an item for $10 and didn’t inspect it well. Once I determine the item is not sellable, couldn’t I write it off as a loss? If so, would it count as an expense? I have a very similar spreadsheet but have not found a good way to track items in this scenario. Thank you!
Absolutely, in this case you would just treat it as if you sold it for $0. So you would still put it on the spreadsheet and record the same costs for the cost of goods sold, and the sales price would be zero.
Good morning, I am enjoying all your courses and can't wait to dig into this new spreadsheet! My question is related to reporting LLC income, I would like to retire from my W2 corporate position and I am 63. Understanding that there is a threshold of approx 20k that I can earn without losing part of my SS payments. If I have an LLC am I required to report all income from my business, or only the owner draws? I know I need to do more research, but would like your insights please. Thank you for all you do!
Doubt if you will see this question, but thought I would try. How do you handle returns being relisted? Do you keep all the sales info from the original line, then add a new line for the item to sell, but note it as a $0 COG? Do you just readjust the original line for the item. Can you explain exactly how you would go about this? Thanks
Hi. I start using your spreadsheet and I love it. I was just wandering if I may be able to add a Tab to it (ex. to record Miles). Also I have a second question, I recorded several item I pickup from my personal stuff. I do not have receipts so I kind of put a purchase price to the item. I have heard other people saying to put zero ($0.00) for the item because I do not have the receipt to prove the purchase of the item. It is correct to make up a purchase price? Thank you very much.
You can definitely add a tab or customize it! As far as adding personal items, I recommend adding the original cost, or at least your best estimate of it. I wouldn't let not having the receipt stop you from taking the deduction. Check out my video on personal items for more detail.
one question on your spreadsheet. When you calculate COGS (averaging) from feb on are you using a cumulative number or calculating it based on that months inventory purchased COGS?
What a great spreadsheet! Is there a different way to record personal collection items you have had for a long time and decide to sell, but you don't have any idea what to put for cost of goods? I have heard some people say the cost of those items is what they're worth today (does that mean the price I sold them at?)
This video may be helpful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nho3sK-pY0I.html You'll either use the original cost OR your best estimate of the wholesale market value if it's lower.
What do you do for cost of goods sold when you sell something like personal clothing or collectables you purchased years ago and downsizing personal items? How do you determine a cost?
Thanks for providing these spreadsheets. I use them every year and they are great. I'm also a part of your Reseller Tax Academy. How long does it take for the spreadsheet link email to arrive after signing up? It says the link to the spreadsheets are coming my way, but I haven't seen anything since I signed up several days ago. I've tried several times. Checked my spam and trash folders too. Thanks so much!
Any sales tax you pay as part of the purchase of the inventory or shipping you pay to purchase the inventory would typically be included as part of the overall cost of goods sold.
Really like the spreadsheet but I noticed that my expenses for all years show up on the summery page regardless of what date you set on the inventory details page. Is this intentional for some reason?
Hi, I used this in 2023 and am hoping to use it again in 2024. With my existing inventory do I need to copy it over line by line in my 2024 spreadsheet?
As I understand it small businesses with less than $26 million in average gross receipts for the 3 prior tax years can treat the inventory as non-incidental materials and supplies and use the cash method of accounting. This is preferable from a tax perspective as it pulls forward expenses. This is also way simpler since it doesn't require inventorying every single item you purchase for resale. Obviously, you need to have some managerial accounting around the profitability of the items you are selling but why would you ever choose the headache of accrual accounting? If you are reselling a collection of stuff that you have acquired over a period of many years you would be better off treating this as a capital gain, because tax rates on capital are lower than those on labor (gee isn't capitalism great), and subtracting your cost as your basis. Is there something that I am missing?
If the stuff you've been holding was personal then I think that it becomes business inventory at the point at which you listed for sale. Check out my video on personal items, and also check out this video for all the detail on the inventory method: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DqAy_0eb1Wk.html
That was my side point. My main point was that if you are picking up items to resell you would never opt for accrual accounting until you were forced to at $26 million in revenue per year. Are you a reseller?@@notyourdadscpa
It's mainly just for the inventory piece, so you can use it in conjunction with a program like QuickBooks or maybe a simpler bookkeeping program as well. However if you are using the profit and loss tab then it could be most of what is needed for the business portion of your tax return.
You can deduct the business portion if you have a business that's reported on Schedule C. If your accountant doesn't break it up separately you may have to just estimate what percentage it makes up of the total return and deduct that percent.
I'm just about to complete my first year of reselling, I didn't do a good job tracking inventory this last year, How will the inventory that I had left at the end of the year factor into this years taxes? @notyourdad'scpa
