Sales By Item Summary - COGS

All payments to a sub contractor are reportable (cash and check) on the form 1099, so no they are not COGS

facility rental payments are also not COGS

they are expenses

COGS, when you file taxes, are directly related to the cost of the inventory items you sell, nothing else.

I am not filing a tax return. I am also not manufacturing anything, so your response is wrong. The reporting I do is predicated on competitive canine sporting events. Judges, facility rentals, etc. are ALL direct costs of “producing” the event. If you’d bother to answer the question, rather than lecture me on what is or isn’t COGS, that would be helpful. 

Good morning, @tlenzmeier. 

Thanks for reaching back out to the Community. I hate to hear that your question wasn't answer. I want to make sure that you're able to get back on track. 

Since this is more on accounting standards, I recommend consulting with your accountant to be sure of this information. They'll be able to give you the best accounting advice for your business. If you don't have one, no worries. Here's a link to help you find one near you: Find ProAdvisor. 

In the meantime, you can check out this guide about managing items that may be helpful in the future for your business: Add, edit, and delete items. 

Let me know how it goes. It's my priority that you're able to put these details correctly into your QuickBooks Desktop for Mac (QBDT Mac). If you should have any other questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact us. Take care!

This isn't an accounting question. I have over 20 years of accounting experience, so I know what COGS are. Our business provides classes and canine competitive events. Our primary income is class fees and event entry fees. My direct costs (COGS) are judges, facility rental, ribbons, certifying organizations (American Kennel Club), and so on. I have created items  for each of our classes and events. I have sub-items for each of the direct costs of putting said classes/events on. This is my "above the line" operating net income. On the sales by item summary there are columns to the right of income that detail out COGS. ALL I want to know is how to get my COGS information to appear on the report. I DO NOT need any "pro" advice.

My question is about how to get COGS information to show up on the sales item summary report.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll close this out, but it seems to me that for service-oriented businesses that don't have a physical inventory, QB is really lacking in this regard.

Dear Concern, can you please help me out, i want only one column and that is 'Qty' in 'Sales by item summary' how can i do it in simplest way, your cooperation in this regard would be highly appreciated.

Joining the conversation to answer your report-related questions, S72.

We're unable to customize the Sales By Item Summary to only show the Qty column. You'll want to export the report to Excel. Then, remove the other columns so only Qty will remain. Here's how:

1. Open the Sales By Item Summary report. 
2. Select Export.
3. When Excel opens, go to File and select Save As to save the file where you want it.

Additional guidance about removing or adding certain types of data when running reports are discussed here: Customize Reports in QuickBooks Desktop for Mac.

You can also visit this site where for additional articles and references when using the QuickBooks for Mac: https://qblittlesquare.com/

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