Ver 2.6.3 no split entry

[Mike or Penny Novack]

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>One other thing to try would be to use Tools:General Ledger and enter
>the transaction from there.  It will not disappear from there unless it
>actually is deleted.
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>Elaborating further yet on what Michael said, what I have done when I
>want use a 'holding' account to track delays in payments or receipts, I
>use an account that is of another type such as Bank or Credit Card
>different from the Accounts Payable or Receivable account types to avoid
>the business features.
>
>David C
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I would first try to understand why entering transaction normally wasn't 
working. I think the problem here is misunderstanding something about 
how to enter a split transaction.

But the scenario I was describing, how there might be a logical need for 
a "receivable" or a "payable" account outside of using the business 
features was something else. Various sorts of business have their own 
accepted customs and so for some it's "cash" (no customer or vendor 
accounts, or rather, all immediately due). It is however possible that 
such a business where customers and vendors are on a "cash" basis that 
there is the odd customer or odd vendor with whom there is a special 
relationship. And these accounts are likely to have special conditions 
not well served by the built in features in any case.

I can think of another scenario where neither the built in features nor 
manual receivable/payable processing would be suitable. Is any gnucash 
user out there using the software to do accounting for a business where 
the custom is "approval" sales? If so, how are you keeping track of what 
is out there "on approval"? << for example, a business dealing in 
"collectibles" might do some "approval" sales >>

Michael