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Terry77
Level 1

Snack Machine Sales

I'm new to company and we use quickbooks enterprise.  A couple of simple questions I need help on as I'm taking over for someone previous to me. 

1) we are not in the snack machine business however we do have a snack machine for our employees to purchase snacks.  Previous recordings of cash deposits from the snack machine were in chart of accounts "Fixed Asset" called Snack Machine under Office Equipment.  I don't think this is right.  What chart of account should we be depositing the cash into?  Maybe other Income?

2) Previous person left a lot of "zero" dollar amount transactions in reconciliation for a number of years. Since these are "zero" dollar amounts, I can select and get rid of them on my next reconciliation without causing any problems to the month...correct?  

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AccountantDave
Level 4

Snack Machine Sales

If you wish to record snack vending as part of income, yes, it should go to other income or even an income account called snack revenue, etc. You're right that a fixed asset account is not the right account. The only thing you want to book to fixed assets is the purchase of capital equipment, capital software, leasehold improvements, etc. Basically large purchases that you would treat as an asset and depreciate (like the candy machine itself). And yes, you can remove zero dollar transactions unless it's important to retain that detail. There is no financial impact though.

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