Accounts Receivable payments for taxes

[Derek Atkins]

Note that this feature has been on the wish list for about a decade now.
Patches welcome, but I don't expect "voting" for it to do much of
anything except perhaps make you feel better.  :-/

-derek

"R. Victor Klassen" <rvklassen at gmail.com> writes:

> http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1559973-allow-users-to-switch-from-accrual-to-cash-account
>
> On 2013-03-22, at 3:12 PM, Richard Geddes wrote:
>
>> 
>> Where can I vote for this feature?
>> 
>> 
>> On 03/22/2013 01:23 PM, R. Victor Klassen wrote:
>>> There is an outstanding feature request for allowing switching from accrual-based to cash-based accounting.  
>>> 
>>> It currently is not highly ranked, but you could vote for it.
>>> 
>>> On 2013-03-22, at 10:45 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Richard Geddes <richardcgeddes at gmail.com> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gnucash 2.4.10, Linux.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've been using the A/R to invoice and generate aging reports without
>>>>> issues.
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I generate a new invoice, I select an Income Account for each line
>>>>> of the invoice ( Income:Sales:xxxx - xxxx would be a company for further
>>>>> breakdown).
>>>>> 
>>>>> As soon as I post the invoice, an entry in the Income:Sales:xxxx account
>>>>> is created with the date of the invoice.
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I post a payment for an invoice, an entry is created in my bank
>>>>> account and in the A/R account.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Because there is a lag (up to 2 months) of payment, at the end of the
>>>>> year, invoices generated in the previous year are paid in the following
>>>>> year.
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I tag an Income:Sales:xxxx account as tax related, the Tax Report
>>>>> picks up the invoice dates and sums, not the actual payment dates and sums.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a way to get A/R to generate an entry into Income:Sales:xxxx
>>>>> when the payment is made or a Tax Report that only considers payments
>>>>> made on invoices?
>>>> No.  Using the Business Features necessarily creates an Accrual-based
>>>> accounting.  You need to manually convert from Accrual to Cash-based.
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Richard
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>>>> -derek
>>>> 
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