Cannabis Accounting Software
Your COGS follows the product
Cannabis accounting software inside a Cannabis AI ERP. Cost attaches when product is received and follows it through production to the invoice. Invoices and bills sync to QuickBooks, so your books match the floor.
Know the cost before you price it
Cost attaches at receiving, follows production and lands on the invoice. QuickBooks gets the result without a second set of books.
Applied cost at receiving
Cost attaches when the PO is received, not weeks later when the bill gets keyed. Zero-dollar POs keep the package's source without inventing a price.
Cost through assemblies and work orders
Inputs carry their cost into each output. Standard and actual cost show on one screen. Yield problems show up before the margin report does.
QuickBooks sync for invoices and bills
Invoices sync to QuickBooks Online or Desktop, and payments and credits come back. Customers map once, so nobody gets booked twice.
How do cannabis operators track COGS and 280E?
Cannabis accounting software tracks cost of goods sold through production. Under 280E, cannabis operators can't deduct ordinary business expenses, so COGS is the deduction you have. Tracking it at each step keeps it defensible and shows margin before product ships. Here cost builds as inventory moves, and invoices sync to QuickBooks.
Why your cost number arrives three weeks late
Most finance teams run two sets of books without meaning to. Operations tracks what moved. Accounting tracks what was billed. Someone reconciles them after the month closes. By then you've quoted the next case off last quarter's cost. Then there's the QuickBooks handoff, where customers mapped by hand get double-booked.
Start with the ERP or Commerce, then add AI
DistruERP
Inventory, production, purchase and sales orders, and Metrc compliance in one cannabis ERP. Built for brands and distributors.
DistruCommerce
Branded menus, marketplace listings, and pricing set per retailer. The AI Order Agent turns texts, photos, and napkin scribbles into real orders.
DistruMCP
Ask Claude or ChatGPT about the inventory, orders, and customers already in your Distru account.
A finance week, run in Distru
Receive with cost
Most teams key bills after the fact. In Distru, cost attaches the day a PO is received.
Watch margin build
Production carries input cost into each package, so you see margin before product ships.
Close in QuickBooks
Invoices and bills sync to QuickBooks, and your accountant keeps working where they already do.
Integrate with the Tools You Use
Distru connects your compliance, accounting, sales, and retail tools so data stays in sync and your team stops double-entering it.
Questions finance teams ask us
Let’s answer the most commonly asked questions about Cannabis Software.
Does Distru replace QuickBooks?
No. Distru is the system of record for inventory, orders and cost. QuickBooks stays your general ledger. Invoices and bills sync across, and payments and credits come back.
How does Distru handle 280E documentation?
It tracks cost through production, not at period end. Every package carries what it cost to make. Your COGS figure traces to specific batches and POs. Your CPA still decides what's deductible.
Can my outside accountant get access?
Yes, with their own login and permissions scoped to what they need. Most controllers live in QuickBooks and come into Distru for the cost trail behind a number.
What happens to cost when I change a BOM?
Future runs use the new bill of materials. Completed runs keep their original cost. That protects the audit trail your 280E position depends on.
Can I export invoices to CSV?
Yes, including a per-customer breakdown. It's the most common request we get from accountants in their first week.
Can I import historical QuickBooks invoices?
No. Historical QuickBooks invoices don't import backward into Distru. Pick a clean start date and leave the older ones where they are.
The AI cannabis library
Free skills to put AI to work on your inventory, compliance and costing, and guides on where it actually saves time.
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Cannabis SOP Generator and Trainer
Turn process notes into an inspection-ready SOP and a staff training packet.
Cannabis Batch COGS Calculator
Find out what a batch really costs per finished unit, line by line.
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