[GNC] Assign one payment to multiple invoices (from several customers)

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 9/12/2019 7:40 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Um, no, it does not appear regularly.  Indeed, this is the first time in
>>> 19 years that someone has asked about paying invoices for multiple
>>> customers with a single payment.
  I would think this situation rare, but not unheard of.

As the customer, I usually take pains NOT to put the vendor into this 
situation. For example, say we are paying for magazine sub renewals for 
our two oldest great grandchildren, I would write a separate check for 
each invoice. But not ALWAYS. Thus when paying excise tax on our cars 
(two tax invoices from the town)  I know that sometimes I have written a 
single check. So we'll take that as an example. What would the town tax 
collector do to enter if using gnucash?

I assume she would use her eyes and brains. See that the total of the 
check matched the total due on both invoices. Then probably enter each 
invoice paid for its proper amount. After all, what would be done if 
there were two checks, but the check numbers had been entered manually 
(as they are with counter checks and/or temporary ones for a new 
account) and by accident the check number duplicated.

Michael D Novack