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katcup56
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Land and house purchased for resale

Our construction company purchased land with a house on it. Their intention is to renovate the house and do a quick resale of the house and property before the full loan is due. The down payment, closing costs and sales tax have been paid. I need to know how to enter that payment into Quickbooks Desktop Pro 2021. Do I create a job for the house and put all expenses on the renovation on that job? How do I close the job out after the property is sold? 

Thank you for any help you can give.

Kathy

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Best answer June 09, 2021

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MaryLandT
Moderator

Land and house purchased for resale

Yes, you can create a job for the house and put all expenses on that job, katcup56.

 

Before getting started, consider setting up accounts for the loan and track the payment. Please refer to this article to record the purchase side of the house and lot: Manually track loans in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Once done, set up a job for that customer:

 

  1. Open the Customer Center window.
  2. Select the name of the customer for whom you want to make a job from the Customers & Jobs list.
  3. Click the New Customer & Job button.
  4. Choose the Add Job command from the drop-down to open the New Job window.
  5. Enter the name and other details.
  6. Click the OK button to add the job.

 

After setting up a customer job, you can assign all expenses to that job. Please browse this link for complete instructions on how to record the resale: Tracking job costs in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Let me know if you need anything else with tracking the land and house you've purchased and resale it in QuickBooks. I'll be right here to provide the information that you want to learn.

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MaryLandT
Moderator

Land and house purchased for resale

Yes, you can create a job for the house and put all expenses on that job, katcup56.

 

Before getting started, consider setting up accounts for the loan and track the payment. Please refer to this article to record the purchase side of the house and lot: Manually track loans in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Once done, set up a job for that customer:

 

  1. Open the Customer Center window.
  2. Select the name of the customer for whom you want to make a job from the Customers & Jobs list.
  3. Click the New Customer & Job button.
  4. Choose the Add Job command from the drop-down to open the New Job window.
  5. Enter the name and other details.
  6. Click the OK button to add the job.

 

After setting up a customer job, you can assign all expenses to that job. Please browse this link for complete instructions on how to record the resale: Tracking job costs in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

Let me know if you need anything else with tracking the land and house you've purchased and resale it in QuickBooks. I'll be right here to provide the information that you want to learn.

katcup56
Level 2

Land and house purchased for resale

Thank you. That is the information I needed

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