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What is a gate pass, and does it change my stock?

It records goods physically crossing your gate. It posts nothing — no ledger, no stock.

A gate pass is the gate register: proof that goods physically crossed your premises, going out or coming in. Outward passes are numbered GP, inward entries GE, because the guard's two books are separate books.

It changes nothing in your accounts and nothing in your stock. The document the goods belong to already did that — the sale moved the stock out, and a gate pass that moved it again would halve your figures. Goods sent out on a returnable pass are still yours, so booking them out would understate your stock. If goods leave and never come back, record that with a stock adjustment or a sale.

Because nothing was posted, a gate pass is not locked the way an invoice is. You can correct one, and every change is recorded. What you cannot do is delete one whose goods have already started coming back.

You can also attach a photo of the signed slip, so the paper copy and the record stay together.

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