You create service items in QuickBooks Desktop Pro for the services you provide.

This helps you avoid repeatedly typing the same line item information into sales forms.

To create a new service item, click the Item button in the lower-left corner of the Item List window.

If you want this service to be a subitem of another service, check the Subitem of checkbox.

Then select the main service item under which the current item should be categorized from the adjacent drop-down menu.

Enter a description of the service to display in invoices and sales receipts into the Description field.

Finally, assign the amount to an income account by using the Account drop-down.

If checked, this changes the fields to resemble the ones used when creating Inventory Part items.

In this case, you enter information for the purchasing aspect of the service into the fields shown in the Purchase Information section.

Then enter information used for the sales aspect of the service into the Sales Information set of fields.

This lets you use the service item in both purchase and sales forms, if necessary.

This video lesson is from our complete QuickBooks tutorial, titled Mastering QuickBooks Desktop Pro Made Easy v.2020.

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