[GNC] How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?

[Stan Brown]

On 2023-07-22 13:45, Michael Hendry wrote:
> Record the collections individually as Assets:Current Assets:Cash received from the appropriate Income: account, one on the 22nd July, the second on the 29th.

With this I think we all agree. I do, certainly.

> When you come to deposit the cash in the current account the cash> moves from Assets:Current:Cash to Assets:Current:Bank - the original
> sources of the cash aren’t relevant at this point.
> The same applies to Cheques Received - the reason the cheque was
received is recorded as it is received, and a bunch of cheques can be
paid into the current account without having to specify what the cheques
are for.

Or perhaps both cash and checks could go into a single account,
Assets:Deposits Pending. That would perhaps save confusion with a
different Cash account, Petty Cash (American name for cash on hand
intended for making small purchases).

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com