Problems writing off equipment

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I’m very confused. Normally, when I write-off an item, I have the amount sent to an Inventory Adjustment account which shows as either positive or negative to my overall Cost of Goods (sometimes we find items we previously wrote off and have to write them on again.

Today I wrote off a small, dead flash drive and it worked as expected. I then needed to write off a larger piece of equipment. Here are the screens:

1 - Item being written off

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2 - Here’s what shows in the inventory item. It’s “written off” but it shows no cost for writing it off. the item does show as a zero quantity in my inventory list.

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3 - When I go to my Inventory Adjustments account, it doesn’t show up at all.

3 - Missing in Inventory Adjustment account-1
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You can actually see the small flash drive that I wrote off in the same manner showing up correctly in the Inventory Adjustment account. Why won’t the larger item work correctly?! Is there some sort of $$$ limit on write-off items?
I even tried shutting down the software and restarting it in case it was just confused (I’m using the Desktop version #26.3.31.3254).

I just don’t get why it worked for one item and not another. Ideas???

THANKS in advance!

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Hit the recalculate button in inventory and let see

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That did it!!
But - that brings up a serious question/issue. Why does Manager sometimes update inventory as a transaction happens and other times doesn’t? Do I need to now ‘recalculate’ every time I make a sale and put in a purchase invoice? That seems terrifically clunky since I’d never really know how much inventory I have unless I’m constantly recalculating. Is there a setting I should be using to make it actively keep track throughout the day as transactions happen?!

Thanks,

Kris