[GNC] Posting Asset expenses via Vendor Bill

[John Ralls]

> On Jul 26, 2018, at 9:01 PM, dlbonline <dlbonline at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I am new to gnuCash, so I hope this is not already asked and answered.  
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> I have rental and flip property that carry expenses against an asset.  For
> example, I have a painter paint a house for me.  He sends an invoice,  I
> enter the invoice into the Business->vendor->New Bill form.  In the "Expense
> Account" column, I enter the following account (which does exist in the COA)
> Assets:Fixed Assets:House:473 Darlington:Paint.  After the bill is posted,
> the transaction does not show up on the Asset's ledger.
> 
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> This appears to work if I enter the "Expense Account" as an existing expense
> account.  For example Expenses:Home Repair:Paint.  But, this does not show
> up on the ledger for the Asset, which is ultimately what I need.
> 
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> 
> Is there a way to accomplish this transaction?

I just created a vendor bill with assets:house as the “expense account” and posted it; it was added to the house account as expected. What did you do differently?

Regards,
John Ralls