California Redemption Value (CRV) or Bottle Deposits are fees paid on purchases of certain recyclable beverage containers. Typically, these are applied on containers made with aluminum, plastic, glass, and bimetal containers and can be reimbursed.
Depending on the area, the fee can be subject to tax as part of the selling price of the beverage. These fees are typically applicable on the following types of beverages:
- Carbonated and noncarbonated water.
- Carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks
- Sport drinks.
- Coffee and tea drinks.
- Beer and other malt beverages.
- 100% fruit juice in containers smaller than 46 fl oz.
CRV is not paid on the following types of goods:
- Milk, white or flavored.
- Medical food.
- Infant formula.
- Wine.
- Distilled spirits.
- 100% fruit juice in containers 46 fl oz or more.
- 100% vegetable juice in containers more than 16 fl oz.
- Products not in liquid or "ready to drink" form.
- Products not intended for human consumption.
- Containers not made of glass, metal, or plastic.
For setting up CRV items in CStoreOffice®, we recommend you to use the best practice scenario described below:
To monitor changes made to the CRV items, use the CRV Items Log Report.
Step-by-Step Procedure for Linked Items Setup
To set up CRV items:
- Set up the Bottle Return and Bottle Deposit categories.
- Set up the Bottle Deposit department. Make sure the following settings are configured:
For more information about setting up the categories, see Adding a New Category.
- Department Type: Select Store and No Income Type.
- Department Name: Enter Bottle Deposit.
- Set the values in the Default Price and Default Sales Quantity fields.
- Matched Category: Select the Bottle Deposit category.
- Set up the Bottle Return department. Make sure the following settings are configured:
- Department Name: Enter Bottle Return.
- Set the value in the Default Sales Quantity field.
- Matched Category: Select the Bottle Return category.
- Select the Is Negative option.
For more information on how to set up a CR Department, see Adding CR Department.
- Make sure the Linked Items functionality is enabled at your account in CStoreOffice®.
- For each deposit you need to have on your account, create a PLU. For example, PLU 234 for $0.05, PLU 345 for $0.10 deposit. Make sure the following settings are configured for each PLU:
- Set the value in the PLU Number field.
- Set the value in the Item Description field. For example, $0.10 bottle deposit.
- In the Category list, select Bottle Return.
- In the CR Department list, select Bottle Return.
- In the Sales and Retail section, set the $0.10 retail value.
- In the Linked Items section, select the Make this item Linkable option.
For more information on how to set up items, see Setting Up Items.
- For the items you want to set up the bottle deposits for, create a price group. For the new price group, make sure the following settings are configured:
- Price Group Name
- Retail
For more information on how to set up price groups, see Price Groups.
- Add the items you need to the newly added price group. Use the Find and Replace tool for adding items to the price group.
- Assign the linked PLU to the new price group:
- Go to Price Book > Items.
- Expand the Operational Panel Switcher.
- Click Find and set the Field value: Price Group, equal, a new price group name.
- Click the Find button.
- In the items that found, select the items you want to set up the bottle deposits for.
- Click Replace and set the Field value: Linked Items, any, $0.10.
- Click the Replace button.
- Go the CStoreOffice® home page and accept changes. For details, see Reviewing and Accepting Changes.
Once the above steps are completed and updates to the cash register are sent, the register will add automatically $0.10 cents for each transaction.
