[GNC] Help

[Maf. King]

+1 for Derek's method.  I've done the same in the past for a variety of 
reasons.

Hth,
Maf.


On Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:35:29 BST Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, June 21, 2022 3:43 pm, Eric Hammond wrote:
> > I was not paid by a client, and have 'written it off', but how do I book
> > it in GnuCash?
> > Standard business practice is to post it in to an expense account such as
> > 'Bad Debt' or 'Uncollectable'.
> > I have created the account 'Expenses:Bad Debt' but GnuCash does not allow
> > me to select it, apparently only accepting an asset account.
> 
> The way I have done it myself (as the original author of the biz features)
> was to process the payment as if I was paid, but then change the
> transaction from Asset:Bank to Expense:WriteOff.  So long as you don't
> change the *amount* of the payment (or other numerical values) then this
> won't break or affect anything in the internal references.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> > Thank you for the help,
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> 
> -derek
> 
> PS: I'm sorry your client didn't pay you.