Home & Outdoor Goods Accounting
Big, heavy products mean container-level freight, months-long lead times, supplier deposits, and returns that cost real money to ship twice. We keep books where all of that is visible — so the next PO is a decision, not a leap.
These are the patterns we see over and over when we review books kept by firms that don’t live in this category.
On oversized goods, ocean freight, duties, and tariffs can add 20–40% to unit cost — allocated across a mixed container, not per item on an invoice. When that lands in a freight expense line instead of inventory, gross margin reads high, pricing decisions follow it, and the correction arrives at tax time. Landed cost has to be built per container, per SKU.
A 30% supplier deposit paid in March for goods that arrive in June is neither an expense nor inventory-on-hand — but that's where it usually ends up. With 90–120 day lead times, a large share of your working capital is deposits and goods on the water at any moment. If the books can't see it, neither can your cash forecast.
A returned sofa or grill isn't restocked with a shrug — it's freight both ways, inspection, and often a landing as open-box inventory worth a fraction of new. Books that reverse the sale and call it done overstate both inventory and margin. High-AOV returns need their own accounting: damage claims tracked, refurb units revalued, disposal written off.
70%
of other firms' books we audit contain errors
$100M+
tax savings uncovered over 5 years
1
client manager across books and taxes
Want to see what this looks like in practice? Read how an 8-figure jewelry brand got true profit visibility and 10 hours a week back.
Accounting plans start at $1,247/month, with Controller and CFO tiers as you scale — real prices, published, no “it depends.” Tax planning and filing are handled in-house by the same team.
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