Re: [GNC] Handling Prepayments

2019-05-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Your welcome! Please, always be sure to copy the list, especially for ’that solved my problem’ sorts of replies so others can know in the future if the question was answered/problem resolved in case they are seeking help on a similar topic. Regards, Adrien > On May 1, 2019, at 9:13 AM, David B

Re: [GNC] Handling Prepayments

2019-04-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I forgot to mention, it is okay to use the Process Payment for pre-payments, but you’ll still need to link that to the posted invoice to clear it. Simply use Process Payment again after posting and select both the pre-payment and the invoice. GnuCash will use up the portion it needs to cover the

Re: [GNC] Handling Prepayments

2019-04-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Be certain not to manually enter pre-payments into AP. Ideally, create a Current Asset account called something like ‘Pre-Paid Expenses’. (and make subs for each such service if you have more than one) Enter the payments between your cash/checking/card account and this pre-paid expense account.

Re: [GNC] Handling Prepayments

2019-04-30 Thread David Cousens
David The section headed "I entered a payment directly instead of using Process Payment" in the wiki page I referenced will give you a method for associating a payment to a bill. David - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _

Re: [GNC] Handling Prepayments

2019-04-30 Thread David Cousens
David, If the payments is made before the bill is posted it is likely that the payment has not become associated with the bill so that GNuCash can recognize that it has been paid. The section on unposting invoices(bills) in the following wiki page may help. You can perhaps use the procedure desc

[GNC] Handling Prepayments

2019-04-30 Thread David Burleigh
I have a vendor (a VOIP service provider) that requires prepayments for all services. So the way I have been doing this is to process a payment to that vendor, which gives me a credit balance with them. Then, at the end of the month, I post a bill from that service provider for the total cost of th