Set up to record daily sales

We want to make sure your Daily Sales accounts are set up, whizstore_keeper.

Here are the steps:

1. Click List located at the top.
2. Select Chart of Accounts.
3. Click Account located at the bottom, and select New.
4. Choose Income for tracking daily sales and other Primary Income/Sales of Product Income.
5. Click Continue, and enter the Account Name, Description, Note and the Tax Line Mapping.
6. Click Save and Close.

Then, you can start using the account when you create the journal entries.

To view articles about recording daily sales, you can click on the Help menu in your QuickBooks Desktop.

If there's anything else you need help with QuickBooks, feel free to reach out to us. Thanks.

@whizstore_keeper 

Journal entries should be the exception when using QB, they often do not work as you think they should, and  when you use inventory type items they never work for inventory. It is much better to use the forms on the home page the way QB is designed to be used.    Journal entries also bypass accrual/cash reporting, and will not show on many reports.

And you can not use payment type in a journal entry anyway

this article is the "bible" of how to do store sales summary entrys

https://longforsuccess.com/daily-sales-summary-for-retailers-restaurants-ecommerce-and-more/

I'm going in tonight and will see what I have set up. I basically work a couple hours a couple nights a week after my full-time job.  Thanks! Will reach out if I need more help.

It's nice to see you again, @whizstore_keeper!

Glad that @Rustler and my colleague, @RenjolynC, were able to solve all your concerns for today.

If there's anything else you need, you're always welcome here in the Community to post again. We'll be always around ready to help.

How do I know which Tax mapping line to use.  This is a small retail store.  I do have a Z-tape from the register closeout each night.  I do feel making the journal entries is the way we need to proceed for tracking purposes.   Luckily, I only have about a month's worth of entries to do, which should go quickly once I have this set up correctly.