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(This feature is available in BCSS Deluxe, Diamond and Virtual.)
House (Shop) Accounts
'House Accounts' are accounts for the shop and are used for transactions involving shop-owned items. A House Account is set up in BCSS as a Consignor Account.
More than one House Account can be used for different types of items like items for resale, unsold items donated to the shop, items of different categories, shops in different locations, accounts for individuals associated with the store, etc.
If 'Enable the House Account' is checked in Program Setup (Consignors), an account named 'House' is automatically added to the list of Consignor Accounts. This is the Default House Account in BCSS to which unsold items will be transferred (for items so designated).
Additional accounts may be set up using the New Consignor option (F2).
Enable the House Account Feature
To enable the House-Account feature, go to File, Program Setup, Consignors and check 'Enable the House Account?'. This will add the House Account to the Consignor List. This feature may be unchecked later.
The House Account may be deactivated by editing the House Account Record and unchecking 'This is a House Account', or the Record may be marked as Inactive. Both have the same effect.
If the House Account is marked as Inactive, it will still appear in the Consignor List but it will not appear in any reports for 'Active Consignors Only'.
Once the House Account is created it needs to remain in the database for reporting purposes, even if it is Inactive.
Transfers of Unsold Items may be done automatically (based upon settings made in Program Setup, Inventory) or they may be done manually (to afford more control over individual items).
Discount items after they are transferred to the House Account. (details)
Automatically Transfer Unsold Inventory to the House Account
There are 3 requirements for transferring unsold inventory to the House Account:

Each time the New-Sale Screen is opened, any eligible items for transfer will be auto-transferred to the House Account.
Manually Transfer Unsold Inventory to the House Account:
If an item sells after transfer, of course, no settlement is paid to the Consignor.

Discount After Transferring to House Account
Things to know:
Force the Transfer to the House Account Before Discounting
To 'trigger' the transfer to the House Account, set the number of days to elapse for transfer (30 in the example below) to less than any number of days in the Discount Schedule (40, 50, 60, 70 in the example below). In this example, the item is to transfer after 30 days then start discounting after 40 days:
All days are counted from the Original In Date.
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