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Arthur Dyck
arthur at avefoodcoop.ca
Fri Apr 13 11:22:36 EDT 2007
It would be a current asset.
Arthur
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 01:49 -0700, funzero wrote:
> 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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