Article Contents
Introduction
In Quebec, alcohol can only be ordered through the SAQ. However, there are agencies that work with them to import items outside the SAQ’s product offering.
When these items are ordered, the SAQ issues an invoice with the cost of the items, and the agency sends a separate invoice with their fees.
If your venue is in Quebec and you want to include the fees in your item costs, you can enable the “Price Fee” setting.
This allows you to add the fee to the cost per unit of the item and is used for calculating inventory value and menu item costs.
Enabling Price Fee
To enable the “Price Fee” setting:
On the WISK Web Portal, place your cursor over your user name on the bottom left and click “Venue Settings”
Click the “Price Fee” checkbox - this is only visible if the province is set to Quebec
The “Fee” field now appears on the Items page
Adding Fees
When adding the fee, you'll enter the fee per individual unit.
To add a fee to an item you can either:
Click the pencil icon beside an item and enter a value in the "Fee" field or
Click into the "Fee" column and enter the amount
Inventory Value
After adding the fee, the value of the inventory updates to include it.
In this example the item has a cost of $15 per unit, and a fee of $5 per unit.
Before Adding the Fee
30 units of the item were counted at $15 per unit for a total of $450.00.
After Adding the Fee
The $5 fee is added to the inventory cost per unit, making the item $20 per unit. The 30 counted units now show for a total of $600.00
Note: When you add or update a fee for an item, it applies to all past inventories. Make sure you have a downloaded copy of any previous inventory reports before making changes. The fee is applied at a high level and isn't compatible with historical item costing at this time.
POS Item Costs
Similar to inventory, when you add a fee to an item, this updates the cost of all menu items using it on the POS Items page.
Before Adding the Fee
The selling price of the item in the POS is $40, and the cost is $15 per unit.
After Adding the Fee
The cost of the item now includes the $5 fee, making it $20 and the profit and cost percentage values have updated.
Price Fee History
To keep track of changes to an item's import fees, you can check the item's timeline. Click the pencil icon beside an item to open the edit window and click "Timeline"
Type "fee" in the search field and it shows you all actions related to the fee.
