Dealing with a supplier credit

[Des Dougan]

Cam,

On 25 May 2009, at 21:17, Cam Ellison wrote:

> Des Dougan wrote:
>> A client of mine bought a laptop battery which was subsequently
>> returned. My supplier will not refund me, but has credited my account
>> with them. How should I manage this in GNUCash's business functions?
>
> Enter it as a payment against that Payable account, just as if you  
> were
> paying an invoice.  If you don't have an invoice number, and usually  
> use
> theirs, you may have to fake one.  It's easiest if you have an unpaid
> invoice - just treat it as a partial payment, using that invoice  
> number.
>
> HTH
>
> Cam
>


Thanks for this. If I use the business features to "pay" the credit, I  
can't select the Expense account as the transfer account, so are you  
suggesting just to assign the credit in the Register?


Thanks,

Des


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