I work for a commercial vehicle garage and I am after some advice please on where to put the cost of welding gas.
There is the cost of the gas (gas bottle refills) and the cost of renting the gas bottles.
We do not charge separately for welding work it just gets charged under labour and not all work we do includes welding so I don't see it as a cost of sale, I see it as a direct expense.
Am I right? wrong? any advice will be greatly appreciated.
I think you could do either, as long as you are consistant.
Do you have greases and lubricants (other than engine/ gear oils, which I assume is specifically charged for) like WD40, or general service greases that you dont specifaclly charge out? If so I would use the same code as them.
If you put them down as purchases in the 5*** range, that's where I would put the gas and cylinder rental too.
I usually create a Consumables account and a nominal code in the 5*** range but it would depend on the circumstances