[GNC] invoicing

[Derek Atkins]

IF you were to use GnuCash's invoicing system, then each (weekly) invoice
needs to be $300, because that's the additional amount he owes each
invoice period.  To show to TOTAL owed you would need to supply a Customer
Report, which takes invoices and payments into account.

In your case you probably do not need GnuCash to produce the invoices for
you.  But you COULD use them to account for it all.

And yes, I would recommend you number them sequentially.

-derek

On Tue, October 25, 2022 5:06 am, arthur brogard via gnucash-user wrote:
> I only have to invoice one tenant is all so it's no big deal.  But I would
> like to know what I'm doing.
> Currently gnucash is not doing it for me though I keep an account for him
> on it.
>
> I know it is a bit unreal and unusual but I invoice him every week - we've
> found that's the only way to remind him to pay.
>
> I'm in doubt about two things:
> 1.  Should my invoices be serially numbered and each one accounted for or
> is that totally unimportant?
>
> 2.   I am in the habit of invoicing for the outstanding amount each
> week.     Is that okay?        I begin to think it is wrong if accounts
> are kept of invoices.       Because if his rent were say $300 and he was
> behind at the beginning by $50 we could get a series over weeks like this:
>   Behind: $50.   Invoice:  $350     Pays:   $330                        
> Invoice   $320     Pays:   $300                         Invoice   $320    
> Pays:   $300                         Invoice   $320     Pays:   $320.
>  Now he's square.     But I've invoiced $1310 and he's paid $1230.  Not at
> all the same.
>  Doesn't matter?  That's just the way to do it?
>
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