GnuCash help

Elizabeth Dodd edodd at billiau.net
Fri Mar 18 04:19:58 EDT 2011


On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:25:48 +1100
Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:17:24 +0000
> Cypriot <cypbilgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I need to post invoices to individual supplier accounts, once that
> > invoice is posted, the amounts should automatically go to the
> > appropriate categories in the trial balance, for example:
> > 
> > If i wanted to post the following Invoice : -
> >     3 Phone (Mobile Phone Bill)
> > 
> >                          Dated Sept 2009
> > 
> >                          Nett Amount - 12.26
> > 
> >                          vat Amount - 4.90
> > 
> >                          Gross Amount - 17.16
> > 
> > The Invoice should appear on the Supplier list, so an account
> > activity can be viewed at any time, showing all invoices/ credits
> > been posted to the account, and payments made.  The supplier
> > account will have the Gross value only.
> > Once the invoice has been posted, the invoice should be slit
> > automaically into the appropraite categories, for the above invoice,
> > you will need the following categories:L
> > 
> > Creditors Control Account         17.16
> > Mobile Phone  Account            12.26
> > Vat Account                                4.90
> > 
> > So basically even though we have a list of suppliers and detailed
> > accounts, we then need the information to automatically submit to
> > the main ledger, that will then give us accuarate figures in our
> > trial balance, which is needed to produce the profit and loss
> > reports, and balance sheets.  It is also a record for the vat
> > returns to be submitted correctly to either reclaim or pay the
> > monies due.
> > 
> > I hope you understand my explanation
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> 
> I don't understand your question, because I just tried this and the
> tax amounts went everywhere they should, and the trial balance updated
> correctly. My accounts may have different names but the concepts are
> identical.
> 
> So give us some more information, please.
> Did you make the invoice through the 'business features', in which
> case the automatic name is Accounts Receivable or A/R, although one
> is free to rename it. I see you used 'creditors control account'.
> Have you got the tax percentages set up through the preferences
> dialogs?
> 

and after I went to work I realised that you are talking *Invoice*
instead of *Bill*
so now I suspect that both of us are confused


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