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Sub-total items
Sub-total items
(usually named Subtotal) are
useful in some special situations.
Application of a discount, or special
application of sales tax, often use sub-total
items XE "sub-total items" XE
"items:sub-total" . The
function of these items should be
understood. They are bunch totals, of
the current bunch of items. (“Group
Total” might be appropriate, but “group” is
used for something else.) Where an
invoice has more that one subtotal, the
second subtotal is for the bunch since the
first subtotal. A third subtotal,
immediately below the second, will show the
sum of the preceding lower-level
subtotals. (Numbers in the example are
indented for clarity, but they will be in a
vertical column on the invoice.)
Parts 1 $10
Parts 2 $25
Subtotal $35
Parts 3 $20
Parts 4 $30
Subtotal $50
Subtotal $85
Discounts (next
section) frequently require use of
sub-totals, as do some special situations
with sales taxes. Note that QuickBooks
sub-total items differ from the subtotals on
a cash register tape, which are cumulative
partial totals. The only entry fields in
a subtotal item are item name and
description. No account is needed, be
cause it is a total of amounts already
connected with accounts. The amount, of
course, is calculated.
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