[GNC] Directly posting payments

[R. Victor Klassen]

The telling phrase was “vendor summary “.  I’m afraid if you want to be able the track expenses by vendor you need to open an invoice.  The advantage is that you can set up the tax to automatically calculated.  The disadvantage- well, you seem to encountered that already.  

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> On Feb 21, 2022, at 6:24 PM, jim at paradisepro.com wrote:
> 
> Dear Mr. Carlson:
> 
>> Do you intend to use GnuCash for personal finances or business use?  If for
>> personal use, don't bother with those business features.
> 
> Business. Self-employed, no employees.
> 
> Jim
> 
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>>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 4:10 PM <jim at paradisepro.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am a newbie on GnuCash, currently running it side-by-side with my
>>> previous software which I can't install on Win10 without a very expensive
>>> upgrade [currently logging into my old Win7 machine using Remote Desktop
>>> but old machine is becoming unreliable].
>>> 
>>> In my old software, I could directly post incidental payments without
>>> first creating an invoice. In GnuCash, it appears I need to create an
>>> invoice prior to posting a payment. For a simple transaction like a store
>>> or restaurant purchase, this seems somewhat cumbersome.
>>> 
>>> I can create the transaction directly in the General Journal; however,
>>> then I don't have a vendor summary.
>>> 
>>> What am I overlooking?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> James E. Gochnauer
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>> David Carlson
>> 
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