That’s an interesting idea and it keeps the money moving within the billing and accounts receivable side as Roger had requested. Now that Roger mentions it, I remember now not seeing expense accounts to pay with.
Roger is this the roundabout way you are doing it now?: https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/busnss-ar-payment1.html#busnss-ar-baddebt <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/busnss-ar-payment1.html#busnss-ar-baddebt> I suppose there is no way to do it within the invoice other than having a negative line item? (I have not tried this). Or a credit memo as Greg said. -Justin > On Apr 9, 2019, at 3:21 PM, Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In similar fashion, a favorite customer shorted me $0.50 on a timely big > invoice payment. Rather than hassle them about $0.50, I created another > invoice, but as I was creating the invoice I selected credit memo instead of > invoice. I made a credit memo for $0.50 for that customer and job. Then I > opened the invoice that was $0.50 short and went to pay that invoice. The > invoice with the $0.50 due appears as well as the credit memo for $0.50. I > selected them both and finished the payment. > > If you went this way, perhaps you could set the account for the source of the > credit memo to an appropriate expense account? I'm just a beginner, so what > I've done may not be allowed. > > > > > Kind regards, > > Greg Feneis > > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 1:03 PM <rmom...@gmail.com <mailto:rmom...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > Justin, > > That is the way you would do it by normal accounting rules as I understand > them. However, you can't pay an invoice in GnuCash from an expense account. > The only accounts available in the receive payment window are assets, equity > and liability accounts. No income or expense accounts available therefore > not allowed. I've done it in a round about way but never have been satisfied > with the result. Keep looking for something better. > > Thanks, > Roger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Haynes <jus...@justinhaynes.com > <mailto:jus...@justinhaynes.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 1:40 PM > To: rmom...@gmail.com <mailto:rmom...@gmail.com> > Cc: GnuCash <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt > > I think you have to pay it from an expense account like Expenses:BadDebt or > wherever you want to record that expense. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 9, 2019, at 1:21 PM, <rmom...@gmail.com <mailto:rmom...@gmail.com>> > > <rmom...@gmail.com <mailto:rmom...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > If you create an invoice that later becomes uncollectible, there is no > > way to charge it off to a bad debt expense account from within the > invoice. > > Suggestions? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
