[GNC] Manually edit pmt info (reverse a payment) for a vendor?

[Michael or Penny Novack]

However ...... learning how to properly correct something like this 
should be on your agenda. In the not distant future you are likely to be 
faced with something like this when you have many transactions already 
entered (and so would not want to have to be re-starting from scratch)

Precisely because you are now in a good position in that regard (could 
easily re-start from scratch) it would also be a good time to try to fix 
it. If you can;t get the fix right, can always revert to starting over 
(and so putting off learning how to fix till later). Up to you.

Michael D Novack

PS --- Your problem might have originated with HOW you earlier tried to 
":fix" by DELETING transactions as opposed to having entered correcting 
transactions. Think back to the old days of pen and ink on paper in 
bound books. Never "deleted" anything once entered but fixed mistakes by 
an off setting transaction.


On 3/2/2023 1:07 PM, Eric Chapman wrote:
> I think I have a plan: I will just start the whole year over. I only 
> had a few transactions entered, so I'll copy the chart of accounts to 
> a new file and start anew. :)
>
> On 3/2/23 12:36, Eric Chapman wrote:
>> I'm just getting started entering in 2022 data. I made some mistakes 
>> in using Accounts Payable and Credit Cards. The amounts in those 
>> accounts are accurate, but only because I deleted erroneously posted 
>> transactions. However, I have two vendors which show "prepayment" 
>> amounts when I do a vendor report.
>>
>> Is there a way to manually change that data?
>>
>> Since I only have one transaction entered for each of those vendors, 
>> and I'm just getting started, I would not be opposed to just deleting 
>> those vendors and their associated bills (invoices) and starting over 
>> (now that I better understand how AP and Credit Cards work. Is it 
>> possible to delete all transactions related to a vendor and then 
>> delete the vendor? How?
>>
>> Or maybe I could somehow enter in a "debit memo" for the vendor 
>> (i.e., another bill) that would zero out the amount now listed as 
>> prepayment. But then how would I "pay" it such that the prepayment is 
>> applied to it?
>>
>> Thank you for helping me correct my newbie errors!
>>

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