Inventory accounting using Method B means that inventory purchases are posted directly to consumption accounts — accounts 501 and 504. Costs therefore enter the accounting records solely through received invoices. In this respect, Method B is simpler than Method A. Detailed guides describing Method B are freely available on the the internet.

Only one accounting method can be used across all warehouses — either Method A or Method B exclusively.

A guide for inventory accounting using Method A is also available.

In the company settings, you will find the Post warehouse to accounting option. It is located on the Modules tab, under the Goods sub-tab. As with other company setting changes, you can create a new configuration effective from a specific date.

When this option is checked, inventory is accounted for using Method A (the default). When unchecked, inventory is accounted for using Method B.

Once this option is unchecked, the warehouse will no longer be posted to accounting. This means that non-accounting warehouse document types will become available for use.

You can identify non-accounting warehouse documents by the value of the Document is accounting field.

Documents issued with a document type that is not marked as accounting have no impact on the accounting records whatsoever. They only affect the warehouse stock levels.

If Method B accounting is active, it is not possible to use accounting warehouse document types, and vice versa.

Such documents cannot have a posting rule configured on the Specification tab;

nor can they have accounting entries on the Accounting tab.

Warehouse documents can be generated automatically directly from invoices. Automatic generation from invoices depends on the invoice type settings — for both issued and received invoices. By default, automatic warehouse document generation is active.

Within the invoice type, you can easily define the warehouse document type that will be automatically generated from it. When using Method B, set a non-accounting warehouse document type here.

All steps are described in our guide.

In connection with the settings described above, you may encounter the following error: "Neshoduje se parametr Účetní u typu dokladu s nastavením skladu.".

This means that the warehouse document type does not match the company settings. Either you are posting the warehouse to accounting (Method A) but the warehouse document type is set as non-accounting, or conversely, you are not posting the warehouse to accounting (Method B) but the warehouse document type is set as accounting.

The solution is to align the settings: