Re: [GNC] Commission sales and business features

2022-01-05 Thread Gyle McCollam
m<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email From: gnucash-user on behalf of R. Victor Klassen Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 12:14 PM To: GNU Cash User Subject: [GNC] Commission sales and business features We occasionally sell something through a

[GNC] Commission sales and business features

2022-01-05 Thread R. Victor Klassen
We occasionally sell something through a third party acting in a broker role. Which is to say the item is never the possession of the party who does the sale - or at least not owned by them. When I do the invoice I do not know the actual customer so I create a pseudo customer as a stand-in.

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
No worries. And I understand the explanation. Thanks. Regards, Adrien On 1/15/21 2:11 PM, John Ralls wrote: Sorry Adrien, my ISP bounced the list cc so you get to see this twice. On Jan 15, 2021, at 10:13 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: the devs seem to take the approach that it is extremely

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread John Ralls
Sorry Adrien, my ISP bounced the list cc so you get to see this twice. > On Jan 15, 2021, at 10:13 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > the devs seem to take the approach that it is extremely rare for customers to > also be vendors and/or employees, or all three. From personal mom & pop small

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread R. Victor Klassen
The reason it matters that it is not revenue is that in this jurisdiction there is a subsidy based on reduction in revenue during COVID-19. The neighbour’s ability to sell was severely hampered so we helped out. Before the pandemic we were not selling anything for him, nor did we have an onl

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 1/15/21 7:25 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: The mechanism looks like this: customer orders from our online store (typically) some items of ours and some of the neighbour’s. Branding is clear on the store. Twice a week we deliver orders. On that day or the one before, we inform the neighbou

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-15 Thread R. Victor Klassen
> On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:48 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > The usual "I am not an accountant and this is not accounting advice" applies > here. The following is simply how *I* would approach this: > And I’m not really asking about accounting, more the GnuCash mechanisms. > Some question

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I forgot to mention, you can skip that last bill from the neighbor if you prefer and just enter a manual transaction paying them like so: Cr. Bank/Cash/etc. Dr. Sales-Payable Regards, Adrien On 1/14/21 9:48 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: The usual "I am not an accountant and this is not accounti

Re: [GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The usual "I am not an accountant and this is not accounting advice" applies here. The following is simply how *I* would approach this: Some questions would need to be answered first. Are you taking possession of the goods from your neighbor, or is this just a consignment type operation? (mea

[GNC] Commission sales

2021-01-13 Thread R. Victor Klassen
Since early in the pandemic we’ve been selling some of our neighbour’s stuff, charging a few percent commission, mostly to cover credit card fees. Our income here is really just the commission since the end customer knows it isn’t ours and we aren’t providing any value add othe than facilitati