[GNC] AR Asset differen t GL codes

[Christian Kluge]

If you can’t beat them, join them with the TOFU …

There’s one thing where seperate customer accounts might shine:

If you’ve got a customer or vendor with non-typical balance e. g.
overpayments or refunds it will get put on the other side of the balance
sheet.

Kind regards

Christian Kluge


Am 05.04.2019 um 18:38 schrieb Adrien Monteleone:
> From using other A/R software, the only purpose I can see to separate customer accounts is for informational purposes. Since GnuCash was setup to provide this information via reports using a consolidated A/R, the purpose is served just as well and there are less accounts to deal with. You don’t need to hide or otherwise archive old customer accounts when no longer needed. If you want an at-a-glance per customer, you can just leave a Receivable Aging report tab open. I have to deal with an outside A/R package for a client and their separate account structure is much more maintenance and messy compared to GnuCash’s approach. (might also be an issue with the quality of the code between the two packages, admittedly)
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Apr 4, 2019, at 8:56 PM, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
>>
>> Christian,
>>
>> It is clearly a design choice. I had wanted to setup separate A/R accounts
>> for customers but Derek advised me that this was not the way the business
>> features in GnuCash worked. Derek opted for a single A/R account and the
>> ability to filter to provide specific customer information. I didn't
>> particularly find that a problem when I was using Gnucash for a business
>> though.
>>
>> David
>>