Unposting and changing paid invoices

[Axel Essbaum]

On Jun 5, 2012, at 20:04, Geert Janssens wrote:

> On 05-06-12 17:43, Axel Essbaum wrote:
>> I am using Gnucash 2.4.8 under OSX 10.7.4.
>> 
>> Currently I book a certain type of work for my clients into an Income account called "Service".  I have been informed by my accountant that for tax reasons, as of 2012 I should actually be breaking my "Service" work up into two different categories, let's call them Service1 and Service2.
>> 
>> This means going back to old invoices (most of them already paid), unposting them, breaking up a single charge for Service into two charges for Service1 and Service2, and reposting the invoice.
>> 
>> Is this ok to do?  What will happen to the payment associated with an Invoice if I unpost it, change the invoice entries, and repost?  Note that (unless I make a mistake) the invoice total will remain the same.
> If the invoice amount stays the same, you can safely do this.
> 
> 

Excellent, thanks Geert!

Out of curiosity, what breaks if I make a mistake on the invoice amount?

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Axel Essbaum
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