Cost of Goods Sold Journal (Report)

How do I

The Cost of Goods Sold Journal lists the cost of sales for each of your items at the time that you sell them. A similar, but more detailed report, is the Item Costing Report.

Options

Select the Options button to determine the data criteria for the reports you want to see or print. For this report Sage 50 displays the following filter options:

  • Date: You have the choice of All, Range, Today, This Period, and the week, month, period, quarter, and year to date. If you select range, you can enter a beginning and ending date.
  • Sort by: You can sort the report by reference, date, and account ID.
  • Summarize report: Show just the totals without transactional detail.
  • Select a filter: First, select a filter on the left. Then, define the options for that filter on the right. The options differ based on the filter selected. Tell me more about the types of filter options.
  • Shorten Description: Shortens the description to width of column.

Columns

Select the Columns link to choose which data fields to include and where the columns break on your report. Tell me more about choosing report fields.

Fonts

Select the Fonts link to set the font styles for the heading and body of the report. You can also have the titles of the report show special codes, such as the current period, today's date, an as-of date, and the company name. Tell me more about formatting reports.

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