#consignment-accounting
Consignment Accounting
Accounting for consignment arrangements between consignors and consignees, covering inventory ownership and revenue recognition
Your Kickstarter Just Raised $400,000. Legally, You Haven't Earned a Cent of It Yet.
Kickstarter pledges are deferred revenue, not income — a liability until rewards ship, which averages 4.3 months late. How board game publishers should book campaign funds, consignment sales, bundled pledges, and royalties under accrual accounting.
Sale Barn Bookkeeping: How Livestock Auctions Must Handle Custodial Trust Accounts Under the Packers and Stockyards Act
Livestock auction markets are federal fiduciaries under the Packers and Stockyards Act — custodial accounts must be funded by the next business day, reimbursed in full within seven days, and reconciled monthly. This guide covers the chart of accounts a sale barn needs, how the required surety bond is calculated from sale volume, and why Beef Checkoff and brand-inspection fees must stay out of revenue.
Comic Book and Trading Card Shop Bookkeeping: Why Your Inventory Isn't Really Your Inventory
How comic and TCG shops should book consignment splits, buylist store credit, and graded-card cost basis — consigned goods stay off the balance sheet, store credit is a liability until redeemed, and high-value singles need specific identification, not average costing. Plus where the IRS draws the hobby-vs-dealer line, from the nine-factor §1.183-2(b) test to the 28% collectibles rate.
Trading Card Grading Submission Service Bookkeeping: Bailment, Float, and Backlog Risk
A trading card grading submission service should book customer cards as a bailment (not inventory), hold submission fees as unearned revenue until PSA returns the batch, carry bailee's coverage sized to total declared value on hand, and size cash reserves to the float created by 40-to-160-day grading turnarounds.
Used Vinyl Record Store Bookkeeping: Consignment, Margins, and the Grading Costs That Eat Your Profit
Used record stores acquire inventory through cash purchase, store-credit trade, and consignment, each with different cost basis and liability treatment, and blending them into one bucket hides which acquisition channel is actually profitable.
The Bridal Shop Owner's Bookkeeping Guide: Special-Order Deposits, Consignment Inventory, and the KPIs That Matter
How independent bridal shop owners book special-order deposits under ASC 606, separate memo and consignment from owned inventory, navigate the ABC test for in-house seamstresses, handle multi-state sales tax after Wayfair, capitalize bridal suite buildouts, and track the operational KPIs that signal real profitability.
Antique Dealer and Consignment Mall Bookkeeping: ASC 606, Bailee Inventory, and the Section 1221 Trap
Antique dealers handle per-piece tax classifications, principal-versus-agent revenue questions, and marketplace facilitator sales tax obligations that off-the-shelf retail systems mishandle. This guide explains how to book direct purchases, consignments, and multi-dealer mall sales under ASC 606, the Section 1221 capital-gain trap, and the collectibles 28 percent rate.
Auctioneer and Estate Sale Bookkeeping: Consignment Accounting, Trust Accounts, and the KPIs That Matter
Auction houses recognize revenue net—at the buyer's premium and consignor commission—under ASC 606, not at gross hammer price. A working guide to the consignor settlement liability, state trust-account rules, Form 8300 cash reporting, and the KPIs (sell-through rate, effective commission, settlement cycle time) that signal a healthy auction business.
Auction House Bookkeeping: Consignor Trust Accounts and the Agent vs. Principal Trap Under ASC 606
Auction houses are agents under ASC 606, not principals — book buyer's premium and seller's commission as net revenue, segregate consignor funds in a trust account, and reserve for bidder default on Proxibid and HiBid online sales.
Jewelry Store Bookkeeping: SKU-Level Costing, Memo Goods, Layaway, and Form 8300
A working playbook for independent jewelers covering per-piece SKU costing, lower-of-cost-or-market write-downs on metal price drops, memo and consignment inventory, ASC 606 repair and custom revenue, layaway deposit liabilities, and Form 8300 cash reporting without triggering structuring allegations.
Consignment Accounting: Who Owns the Goods, and Who Books the Sale
In a consignment arrangement the consignor owns the goods and reports the full retail sale plus the commission expense; the consignee is an agent and books only its commission as revenue. Goods stay on the consignor's balance sheet until the end customer buys them.