how to capture freight in the cost of goods?

Hello there, Old World. I see you want to link the freight and cost of delivery to the inventory item.

I've got insights and workarounds to share with you about it.

The functionality mentioned above is currently unavailable in QuickBooks Desktop. I recommend sending us your input about this. You can do that by submitting feedback to our product developer. This helps them enhance your QuickBooks experience. 

Let me walk you through how:

1. Open the Help menu.
2. Go to Send feedback online.
3. Choose the Product suggestion tab.
4. Fill out all the necessary information.
5. Hit Send feedback once finished.

As a workaround, you can enter the bill for the receipt of the items as usual. Once the freight bill is received, use a clearing expense account to enter it. Ather that, edit the first bill for each item and increase the total cost by a portion of the freight amount. Then, change to the account details section and choose the clearing account. Lastly, fill in the amount of that bill as a negative number.

Kindly ensure that the bill's initial amount isn't modified then save it. If you get any warnings regarding the payments being applied, just click through them.

Moreover, if you're using the QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise version, read through this guide for more information about the process: How to set up landed cost in QuickBooks Enterprise Services.

I've also added this extra module for more information about landed cost: Get answers to frequently asked questions about landed cost.

Keep in touch if you have additional queries about handling freight cost or QuickBooks. We're here to assist. Keep safe always.

@Old World Cheese 

If you're using QB Desktop Enterprise, yes, you can set up landed costs and add the freight to the cost of your items.  Google 'How to set up landed costs in QuickBooks Enterprise' and you will find many helpful articles on how to set it up.