Inventory Cost Methods

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    See General Preference #1

    Hybrid – user control of cost updates and ledger posting
    Flexible edits, lots of buttons to click

    Standard Cost, aka Retail Cost Method
    Not as accurate, simpler, fewer transactions than real time cost

    Real Time cost with Ledger Updating
    Uses weighted average cost
    Less flexible. Lots of transactions.

    Real Time cost without Ledger Updating
    Uses weighted average cost
    Less flexible

    For accurate accounting, you must do the Month End Inventory Reconciliation.


    Revised 9/28/2015 – SV

    Updated on October 23, 2026