Accounting for Spec House in QuickBooks |

Need help fixing mistake. We built “spec house,” but took draws and expenses off the year (2006,07) incurred but sold it 2008. Accountant said wrong, and redid our taxes. How do we move those expenses, draws, payroll amounts to 2008? Pro2006

I’m not a tax preparer but I work with a lot of builders. In most cases, you are required to match up your revenue with your expenses, which means deferring your expenses until the house is sold.

The best way to do this is to use items that point to a WIP account on the balance sheet instead of an expense account. You can do the same thing using the expense tab instead of items, but I find using items gives you better information.

When you sell the home, you’ll need to prepare a journal entry to expense the WIP associated with that home off the balance sheet and onto the P&L.

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Ruth Perryman - QuickBooks Specialist Written by +Ruth Perryman, CMA, CFE, CFM, MBA

Ruth is the president of The QB Specialists, an Intuit Premier Reseller that offers huge savings and expert advice on QuickBooks POS and QuickBooks Enterprise. She is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and a member of Intuit’s Trainer/Writer Network. She is also certified in QuickBooks POS and QuickBooks Enterprise and has provided expert QuickBooks help to thousands of businesses all over the world since 1996.

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