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Miscellaneous Items

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Miscellaneous Items, often abbreviated as "Misc. Items" in SI, are items that do not exist in your SI Catalog. You create them on a per Project basis if you want to add untaxed items to a Project. These are generally used for things like shipping charges, travel time, per diems, etc.

 

These display on SI reports and are added to the total project number after taxes have been applied to all other items. No tax is applied to Misc. Items.

 

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When you click New->Misc. Item from the Project tab of the Project Editor the following form will open:

 

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The Unit of Measure is an optional text field that will display on SI Reports and can be used if needed, e.g. you might enter "Miles" if the Misc. Item is for mileage.

 

The Accounting Estimate Number will be automatically populated if added to a QuickBooks Estimate or you can manually enter information if using another accounting software.

 

The Unit Price field can be manually entered or you can click the Compute button to created a calculated value:

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This will open the following form where you can calculate the price based on all Items (Products and Labor), all Products, all Labor, or you can choose specific Products and Labor:

 

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When you choose the radio button for specific Products and Labor, click the appropriate button to choose the specific Products or Labor Items from the Project:

 

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You can choose which field to use to make your calculation:

 

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The default setting is to recalculate price automatically when anything changes in the project and is valid when using the "all" options:

 

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If you wish to round the calculated price, click the Rounding Options link and choose your preferences:

 

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When added to the Project, you will see the following prompt letting you know how to view/edit/delete the Miscellaneous Item in the Project Editor:

 

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This will change the view to only show the Miscellaneous Items in the Project Editor. This is the only place Miscellaneous Items display within the Project Editor.

 

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Reports

 

Miscellaneous Items display on various Reports in SI. The example below shows how and where they display on a Proposal report. The first place is in a grouping that will display after the Project Subotal:

 

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The value and name will also display in the Project Summary section of the report:

 

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Note: There is a Report Setting that allow you override the default display name of "Miscellaneous Items" to something of your choosing.

 

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