[GNC] Posting Asset expenses via Vendor Bill

[John Ralls]

David,

Of course they don’t show up in the ledger, you posted them to sub-accounts so they show up in those ledgers. As you noted in your reply to Derek, the totals roll up into the parent accounts on the accounts page; they’ll do the same in most reports.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Jul 27, 2018, at 7:55 AM, dlbonline <dlbonline at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> I have just discovered that the detail transactions show up in subaccounts to the asset, which is OK.  And the balance of the asset reflects those subaccounts.  Also OK.  But, they don’t show up in the asset ledger itself.  So maybe my problem is asking too much of the ledger.  Perhaps there is a report that will give me a statement of all transactions against the asset (income and expense)?
> 
> David Briggs
> dlbonline at cox.net <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net>
> 918 625 9170 <tel:918%20625%209170>
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>] 
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:04 AM
> To: dlbonline at cox.net <mailto:dlbonline at cox.net>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Posting Asset expenses via Vendor Bill
> 
> 
> 
>> 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.  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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