multiple payees

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"C. E. BUTTLES" <admin at buttlessystems.com> writes:

> Thanks.  I appreciate the prompt response.
>  
> The payees could be paid as vendors (they are contract employees).  On an
> individual sale there are multiple employees earning commissions (different
> percentages on the sale) and they are not the same employees on every sale. 
>  
> I was hoping to automate the profit calculation (based on sellers' cost, which
> also varies by seller) and the distribution using some sort of template on the
> transaction.  It doesn't look like it is possible, however.

I can't think of a way to automate this.   Sorry.

-derek

>> To: admin at buttlessystems.com
>> CC: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: multiple payees
>> From: warlord at MIT.EDU
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:44:36 -0500
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> "C. E. BUTTLES" <admin at buttlessystems.com> writes:
>>
>> > I am having trouble figuring out how to configure payments to
>> > multiple individuals. We have commission-only payees for sales and
>> > there are at least 3 or 4 payees (sometimes more) from the profit on
>> > a transaction after costs are deducted. The payees can, and usually
>> > do, vary on each transaction. Can someone point me in the right
>> > direction for this?
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand the question... If you are using a Vendor
>> payment then you must use Process Payment multiple times, one for
>> each vendor. If you're not talking about the business objects
>> then you could just use a Split Transaction.
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > C. E. Buttles
>>
>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>>
>> -derek
>>
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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