Reimbursable Expenses as a Volunteer

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Barry Rosenberg <dovierosenberg at gmail.com> writes:

>  
>
>     From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>    
>     Just to be clear here, unless you are using the Business functions you
>     SHOULD NOT use an account of type A/R and A/P.  Those account types are
>     not meant for user input and you are likely to shoot yourself in the
>     foot if you choose to use that.
>
> Hi Derek,
>
> I've been using Accounts Receivable for the purpose that Sandeep described for
> a while. I'm a consultant with need to track expense reimbursements. I also
> use subaccounts of A/R to track various other money due to me (small bits of
> cash lent to friends, roommate expenses, etc.)
>
> I'm just curious what can go wrong with this setup. I am not using any of the
> Business functions with no plans to start in the immediate future.

For one, you can lock yourself out of your transactions.
You could crash the system if you run certain functions (because there
is an expectation of metadata that doesn't exist if you hand-enter
transactions).
Also, none of the reports that act on A/R and A/P will work (because of
said missing metadata).
But locking yourself out is probably the most dangerous.

> -Barry
>
> Barry D. Rosenberg / dovierosenberg at gmail.com 

-derek

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