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[funzero]

What account type was I to use for Undeposited funds?  A/Receivable or what
so I can process payments/donations?  Again, thanks for your help.



Arthur Dyck-2 wrote:
> 
> Sure.  Treat your donors as customers and create an account for them:
> Business-> Customers-> New Customer.  You can process their payments
> (Donations) and then there is a Customer Report available under Reports.
> 
> Arthur
> 
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 19:26 -0700, funzero wrote:
>> Would there be a way to track giving of individual donors?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Arthur Dyck-2 wrote:
>> > 
>> > Technically, it's not the correct usage of a AR account which is assets
>> > expected but not yet received.  I would create an asset account like
>> > Undeposited Funds to record the checks and then make a transfer to your
>> > checking account when deposited.  It would make your balance sheet
>> > easier to understand for your members.
>> > 
>> > Arthur
>> > 
>> > On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 14:29 -0700, funzero wrote:
>> >> No I didn't  - thanks for showing me the mistake.  I just left it as
>> an
>> >> asset.
>> >> 
>> >> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> > 
>> >> > Are you SURE that you set the Account Type to A/Receivable?
>> >> > 
>> >> > -derek
>> >> > 
>> >> > Quoting funzero <randy at vision-india.org>:
>> >> > 
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am a newbie and keep records for a small non profit.  GnuCash has
>> >> been
>> >> >> working well for us - at least for two weeks.  I wanted to try
>> >> something
>> >> >> -
>> >> >> using customers to track donors.  To do this I would show a
>> donation
>> >> as a
>> >> >> payment associated to a customer.  The  payments would go into an
>> A/R
>> >> >> account that was undeposited checks.  When deposited it would be
>> moved
>> >> to
>> >> >> the appropriate account such as checking.  I set up a customer and
>> >> tried
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> do a payment but it says that don;t have a post to account.  I did
>> set
>> >> up
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> A/R account under Assets but still cannot get a post to to show up. 
>> >> What
>> >> >> do
>> >> >> I need to do.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Randy
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