[GNC] Posting a bad debt

[Greg Feneis]

In similar fashion, a favorite customer shorted me $0.50 on a timely big
invoice payment.  Rather than hassle them about $0.50, I created another
invoice, but as I was creating the invoice I selected credit memo instead
of invoice.  I made a credit memo for $0.50 for that customer and job.
Then I opened the invoice that was $0.50 short and went to pay that
invoice.  The invoice with the $0.50 due appears as well as the credit memo
for $0.50.  I selected them both and finished the payment.

If you went this way, perhaps you could set the account for the source of
the credit memo to an appropriate expense account?  I'm just a beginner, so
what I've done may not be allowed.




Kind regards,

Greg Feneis




On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 1:03 PM <rmomxtx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Justin,
>
> That is the way you would do it by normal accounting rules as I understand
> them. However, you can't pay an invoice in GnuCash from an expense account.
> The only accounts available in the receive payment window are assets,
> equity
> and liability accounts. No income or expense accounts available therefore
> not allowed. I've done it in a round about way but never have been
> satisfied
> with the result. Keep looking for something better.
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Haynes <justin at justinhaynes.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 1:40 PM
> To: rmomxtx at gmail.com
> Cc: GnuCash <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt
>
> I think you have to pay it from an expense account like Expenses:BadDebt or
> wherever you want to record that expense.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 9, 2019, at 1:21 PM, <rmomxtx at gmail.com> <rmomxtx at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > If you create an invoice that later becomes uncollectible, there is no
> > way to charge it off to a bad debt expense account from within the
> invoice.
> > Suggestions?
> >
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