Is there a built in feature in ERPNext to reflect a cost for service items on Sales Invoices?
Hi @Mohammad_Johary,
Yes, you can also add the price for Service Item.
If you haven’t checked then Please check the Documentation.
Thank You!
Hi @NCP
Thank you for the reply, but what I’m looking for is a way to have the sales invoice reflect the service item cost on the accounting ledger.
Like stock items reflect COGS.
Hi @Mohammad_Johary,
Hmm, Okkk! 
Apologize!
It was my mistake to understand your scenario.
There is no built-in feature to automatically reflect the cost of service items on the accounting ledger like COGS for stock items. However, you can customize or use workarounds to track service item costs.
We have a few options like:
→ Use cost centers: Create a cost center for service costs and manually allocate the cost to it when creating a sales invoice. This allows you to track the total cost of service items through the cost center’s ledger.
→ Add custom fields: Modify the Sales Invoice form to include custom fields where you can enter the cost of service items or you can set them according to your scenario. You can then retrieve and analyze the cost information using custom reports or query reports or server script reports.
Thank You!
Problem is that the requirement is to have the cost be reflected on the same accounting ledger of the invoice.
I was trying to find a solution to avoid doing any customization on how the ledger is created cuz working on this area is risky.
We consider the service items as stock items, but this also requires some manual work and tracking.
Need more thinking.
Thank you for your help @NCP
What does the cost of the service item include?
Bought out services?
Spares/Consumables?
Time spent by employees on readying or delivering service?
Other costs such as: Transportation, travel, lodging, boarding?
Treating a service item as a stock item can work only if the service is entirely bought out. If it includes other components, I can’t think of accomplishing this simply without medium-intense level customisations.
One option (already covered in this thread) is to have floating cost centers that you use to charge expenses to and as you invoice the item the expenses get moved from those accounts and cost centers to the service item valuation (service item is setup as a stock item to enable this). But this will be too manual and will need customisation to automate.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Jay