[GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

Fran_3 mailbox0600 at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 4 11:55:32 EST 2020


We have two types of vendors...1 - Vendors for which we receive & post bills2 - Vendors for which we just write a check and make an entry into the checking account
Normally...In Case 1, we post bills first, assign an expense account, and later pay the bill. The expense account is assigned when we create the bill.
In Case 2 we assign the Expense Account when entering the transaction into the check register.
Now...- We are about to import months of checking transactions.
- Later we will Post Bills for any of those transactions for which we receive bills.
- Then we will Apply the associated checking transactions as payments for the associated vendor Bills.

Here is the question:
When we import the checking transactions I'm guessing we can assign the appropriate Expense Account during that import.

Will assigning the Expense Account during import conflict with later creating a bill and then assigning a checking transaction as payment for that bill? (Since the Expense Account is normally assigned during creation of the bill... so this will be kind of backwards... I think)
I hope I made the issue and question clear. At least I gave it my best shot :-)
Thanks for any help.
PS - I've recently posted a number of questions leading up to this big import and when given answers have chosen not to send out a "Thank You" response. I've done this in order to not needlessly clog up everybody's inbox. But, I do want to say "Thank You" now for your assistance. I hope my choice of not sending out a simple "Thank You" is appropriate protocol but if not let me know as the members here are just terrific and very helpful.








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