[GNC] New User, First Invoice...Cue Weird Music!

[Eric H. Bowen]

And that was it. Duh. As I said, I'm a brand-new user trying to get
acclimated. Thanks for the help.


--------Eric H. Bowen
eric at ehbowen.net <mailto:eric at ehbowen.net>
On 6/13/2018 9:01 AM, Christopher Lam wrote:
> Isn't the second X in the first line a mistake? Click to disable
> (stands for "tax included in amount")
>
> On 13 June 2018 at 21:35, Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
>
>     I'm a brand-new GnuCash user and I set up a chart of accounts and used
>     it to draw up an invoice for my first customer. All good so far.
>     Then, a
>     couple of days later, when I went to check something...the first (and
>     biggest) line item had completely disappeared from the invoice in
>     Gnucash; the total for the invoice had dropped from $672 to $223
>     although the reminder said that Accounts Receivable was still
>     expecting
>     $672. Well, I went in to edit the invoice to restore the first line
>     item...and now it can't seem to do math. 1381.43 feet of movie film
>     scanning at thirty cents a foot comes out to $414.43, as was correctly
>     shown on the original invoice and as anyone can confirm with a
>     calculator...yet Gnucash now says that the total for that line item is
>     $382.84! I've tried deleting it and re-entering it a couple of times,
>     and it still can't do math. I've double-checked to make sure that no
>     hidden discounts are being applied. See attached screenshot of the
>     current Gnucash entry superimposed over the original (PDF) Gnucash
>     invoice.
>
>     The lady has paid me (from the original invoice), by the way, and I'd
>     like to register her payment correctly. This is very frustrating and I
>     would appreciate guidance. Thanks!
>
>     -- 
>
>     --------Eric H. Bowen
>     eric at ehbowen.net <mailto:eric at ehbowen.net>
>     <mailto:eric at ehbowen.net <mailto:eric at ehbowen.net>>
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