Record one cheque covering multiple bills

[Derek Atkins]

Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com> writes:

> Maybe I am not explaining my issue properly.  Here are the details.
>
> Accounts Payable, Bell Canada.
> Two invoices, #000004 $201.36, #000017 $211.50
>
> I made a payment of $412.86.
>
> When I enter it into the Cheque Book register, I cannot seem to be able
> to assign the payment to each individual bill.  The bills still remain
> unpaid, but the Accounts Receivable-Bell Canada account is adjusted
> properly overall.

Right, you cannot do that.  If you enter bills via the business features
then you must pay the bills through the business features.  I.e, you
MUST use Business -> Vendor -> Process Payment.

GnuCash will auto-split the amount amongst all the invoices to the
vendor you chose.

> Keith
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-derek

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