Bill System Questions

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> writes:

> Derek and Andrew--
>
> Thanks for the answers here; it looks like it would make sense to work back at least to the beginning of 2009. 
>
> Given the way that the invoicing/AP features work, if I typically
> download transactions from my banks, it would seemingly make sense to
> post invoices before importing transactions. Then, the import should
> match to the existing posted transaction...

You'll also want to Process Payment before you import, for similar
reasons.

> David

-derek

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> --- On Sat, 3/28/09, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
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>> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: Bill System Questions
>> To: sunfish62 at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "Des Dougan" <des at douganconsulting.com>, "Users Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 4:21 PM
>> "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> writes:
>> 
>> > As I try to convert over to using this module, I would
>> like to ask
>> > others whether there are any positive or negative
>> reasons for engaging
>> > this retroactively. I am thinking about applying the
>> invoicing
>> > retroactively to the beginning of the year (and
>> perhaps further), but
>> > wonder whether the effort is worth it. I honestly
>> don't know what the
>> > pros or cons for this might be. And if I do, is there
>> a way for me to
>> > link a pre-existing check transaction to a
>> newly-created Gnucash bill,
>> > or is there some other way to handle that scenario?
>> 
>> Personally I feel that it's worthwhile to do so back to
>> the start of
>> your accounting period, but it depends on how many invoices
>> you have
>> between then and now.  It MIGHT be better to ignore those
>> invoices
>> and just move forward from here to the end of the period.
>> 
>> Unfortunately invoice entry is a little cumbersome.
>> 
>> -derek
>> -- 
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT
>> Media Laboratory
>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board 
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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