It may be a failure of imagination on my part, but every way I can think of to report a combination of transactions, some of which are in a particular account and some of which are not, is a lot more work than just having the desired transactions in the account in the first place.
Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-11-27 14:43, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 at 20:57, Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm > <mailto:the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > > What David says is true. > > However, if you create two transactions: > Debit to Expense:something > Credit to AP:this vendor > and > Debit to AP:this vendor > Credit to Assets:Cash or bank account > then the vendor's account will show the whole history of your purchases > from that vendor. > > I think either way is valid from a strictly accounting standpoint. The > choice comes down to what reporting you think you might want later. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com <https://BrownMath.com> > > > Being able to see all transactions from a vendor would be nice. Can I > only get that if I post a bill, then pay it? > > Dave _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
