Deposit through customer

[Jacqueline Greenleaf]

> On Aug 31, 2016, at 10:09 AM, Mike or Penny Novack <mpnovack at mtdata.com> wrote:
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> We should not fault gnucash. Packages like QuickBooks have the same problem. And back to the suggestion that "donors/members" are customers, yes, that is what you have to do but the organization might also have REAL customers<< say the church also rents out its social hall for events >> 
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In QB, I handled this problem with a naming convention, because an individual might be both a donor and a customer. The convention was preceding the name with a “p” for purchaser and a “d” for donor. So when Jane Moe donates, she donates under the name “d Jane Moe” and when she purchases something, her name is recorded as “p Jane Moe”. Again, a bit cumbersome to do when you receive money, but it keeps the paper trail straight for reporting purposes.

There are a couple of books on using QB for nonprofits, many of the ideas in them are transferrable to gnucash.