Trade goods for rental

I would not record this as a trade good if it is for rental. Trade goods are purchased (in my opinion) to be sold back, so they leave your company. That does not seem to be the intention in your case (or at least not initially?).I would rather record them under a type of services, which seems more correct to me. If necessary, create a new category with the title "purchases for rental" or something similar. Then, when you do sell them, you can simply record them as sales, but without them being trade goods. You did not initially purchase these items to sell, so this seems correct to me.

I agree, I wouldn't book something you rent out as trade goods. It's the same with rental property (it's slightly different, but I know this from other accounts), where you don't book the property you rent out as trade goods.

Anyway, it's slightly different, but in a way it's also the same...