Good afternoon WebeRE!
Thank you for bringing your concern to the QuickBooks Community! I will be more than happy to assist you in setting up an in-kind donation as well as recording it. If you haven't already, the first step would be to set up the in-kind account in your chart of accounts. Here's how:
- Go to Settings ⚙, then choose Chart of accounts (Take me there).
- In the Filter by name or number field, enter In-kind donations.
- If no account appears, you can now create an in-kind donations account. However, if you see an account named “In-kind donations”, your chart of accounts is already set up. You can then proceed to create a clearing account if that is the case.
From there, create the account using these steps:
- Navigate to Settings ⚙, then select Chart of Accounts.
- Select New.
- In the Account name field, enter In-kind donations.
- In the Account type ▼ dropdown, select Income.
- In the Detail type ▼ dropdown, select Non-Profit Income.
- Select Save.
You would now have to create a clearing account to help record these donations.
- Proceed to Settings ⚙, then select Chart of accounts (
- Select New.
- In the Account name field, enter In-kind Clearing.
- In the Account type ▼ dropdown, select Bank.
- In the Detail type ▼ dropdown, select Checking.
- In the Opening balance field, enter the opening balance amount. Then, select the starting date in the Date field. The opening balance can be $0.
- Select Save.
The last few steps would be the create the product or service item.
- Go back to the Settings ⚙, then select Products and Services.
- Click New, then select Service.
- In the Basic info section, enter the name, item type, and category of the item.
- In the Sales section, select In-kind donations in the Income account ▼ dropdown.
- In the Purchasing section, select I purchase this service from a vendor. You can add your product description or purchase cost as needed.
- Select Create new.
Now we've got that part under control, the next process would be the record it! The steps involved would be to create a sales receipt and a bill, and then mark them as cleared. Do note that in some instances, you may have to add a fair market value/amount of the donation. The instructions for these can be found in the link below!
Please let me know if you have any difficulties. My team and I will be around. See you soon.