Entering a credit

[Robert Stocks]

I dont use the business stuff myself but could you not just record
this as a payment?


2009/1/12 Robert G Palmer Jr <robertpalmerjr at mac.com>:
> Specific example:
>
> I manage my daughter's soccer team.  Each family owes for club dues
> and team fees.  Team fees are an ESTIMATE of how much it will cost to
> attend all tournaments for the season.  As I near the end of the
> season, I figure out how much it ACTUALLY cost to attend the
> tournaments.
>
> I want to issue a credit for the difference between the ESTIMATE and
> the ACTUAL cost.
>
> Unpost and reposting is not a good option for two reasons:
> 1. the family already has a copy of the invoice
> 2. the credit will NOT appear in the customer report as a line item -
> the change in the customer report consists simply of the invoice
> value changing (by the credited amount) so the total owed by the
> customer does change, but I want them to see the credit in the
> Customer Report.
>
> I really like the Customer Report because it shows how much each
> family is expected to pay AND all payments (and hopefully credits)
> they made/received during the season.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Cam Ellison wrote:
>
>> Robert G Palmer Jr wrote:
>>> I think this question may have gotten lost in the middle of the other
>>> questions I asked.
>>>
>>> How do you enter a credit in GnuCash?
>>>
>>> If I create an Invoice for a given amount: e.g. $100, and post the
>>> invoice
>>> Later, for whatever reason, I decide that the customer only owes $50.
>>>
>>> How do I enter a $50 credit in such a way that it appears on their
>>> Customer Report as a credit?
>>>
>>>
>> If you did not actually issue the invoice to the customer, the
>> simplest
>> thing is to unpost the invoice and correct it.  If the customer has
>> received the original invoice, you could still do this, and send the
>> replacement.
>>
>> If the customer has already paid, that's more complicated.  If this
>> is a
>> repeat customer, and there is a new invoice, you might unpost the
>> original invoice as above, and correct it.  There would then be a
>> credit, which should show up on the Customer Report.  I'm
>> speculating at
>> this, because I rarely run the Customer Report.  The difference should
>> show in the total, but only if you unpost and amend the original
>> invoice.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Cam
>>
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Robert