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Ulrich Schenck
ulrich.schenck@gmx.de
Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:38:16 +0200
Freundlicherweise schrieb Nicholas Lee <nj.lee@plumtree.co.nz>
am 04.07.01 um 08:58:24 Uhr folgendes:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 02:28:54PM +0200, Christian Stimming wrote:
> >
> > That's an interesting question, I encounter the same problem every now and
> > then. However, if we had two different dates, the books would not balance
> > in between this date interval. I think the only "real" solution would be
> > to have an "account receivable" (A/R, in german: "Forderungen" IIRC)
> > account on the asset side. On the date when the money is subtracted from
> > the original account, the amount is transfered to the A/R account. On the
> > date when it arrives in the destination account, it is transfered to it
> > from the A/R account which will then be empty again.
>
>
> Another term that is used is: AR (or AP) Clearing Account.
>
Perhapst in an future version of gnucash there will be two
different modes, one for the (small) business, which uses the
correkt solution with a third account and a "home-users-mode"
where some things like this are a little bit simplified...
Ulrich