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# How do I associate a stock account to an item while creating a bill?

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You cannot associate a stock account to an item while creating a bill. To associate a stock account to an item, you should enable Inventory Tracking for your organization. Here’s how:

*   Log in to your Zoho Books account.
*   Go to **Settings** at the top right corner of the page.
*   Select **Items** under _Preferences_.
*   In General, check the **Enable Inventory Tracking** option and enter the **Inventory Start Date** from when you want to start tracking inventory.

![Enable inventory tracking](/books/kb/images/bills/enable-tracking.png)

*   Click **Save**.

Now you can associate a stock account to an item as its inventory account. Here’s how:

*   Go to **Items** on the left sidebar and select the item for which you want to associate a stock account.
*   In the _Edit_ page, check the **Track Inventory for this item** box.
*   Choose the stock account in the **Inventory Account** dropdown.

![Stock Account](/books/kb/images/bills/stock-account.png)

*   Enter the other necessary details and click **Save**.

**Note:** If an item is associated with a transaction, you cannot track its inventory. Instead, mark it as inactive and create a new item with inventory enabled.