Correct way to deal with a credit note in 1.8.7

[Maf. King]

On Tuesday 02 Mar 2004 22:21, Derek Atkins wrote:
> "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:
> >> Try unposting the bill and changing it to the actual amount they
> >> billed you...
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> >> -derek
> >
> > Makes sense, but somehow feels "wrong" as I have 2 physical bits of
> > paper, with 2 different supplier ref. numbers - therefore vendor report
> > doesn't show the whole picture for that particular account.
>
> Yea, I understand.  There just is no way to deal with this.  GnuCash
> just does not handle "negative invoices", and probably never will due
> to some design choices I made a long time ago.
>
> Your best bet really is to either change the original invoice or make
> it a "payment" (which you can later change to choose the correct
> expense account that got credited).  However you should note that this
> wont reduce your taxes paid.
>


I'll use the first approach, then ;-) and adjust the original invoice entry 
with an extra (negative/refund) split line...

Thanks for the help,
Maf.