[GNC] Attaching receivables to a customer?

[Simon Roberts]

Many thanks, I was afraid I was going to have to redo all the entries.
Well, at least I'll have it right going forward.
Much appreciate the input,
Cheers,
Simon


On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you want to use the GnuCash Invoice system then yes, you should create
> the invoice and then add the line-items to the invoice over time.  Then,
> when you are ready you would post the invoice which adds those line-items
> into the CoA as your Income and A/R transaction.
>
> -derek
>
> On Tue, July 29, 2025 10:52 am, Simon Roberts wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I fear this is one of those silly things where I'm doing (have done) this
> > wrong because I don't know what to look for in the manual.
> >
> > I have a (new) client that I/m doing a bunch of small jobs for. I added
> > each of them as a transaction in an Income account, and marked the "other
> > side" of the transaction as Accounts Receivable. This is what I've done
> in
> > the past for single jobs. But now I want to make a single invoice
> > enumerating all of these small jobs.
> >
> > How do I (or how should I have) associate these entries with the customer
> > and collect them as line items in a single invoice? When I go to make the
> > invoice, of course, I have to put all the entries in all over again
> (which
> > would screw the balance anyway).
> >
> > Do I have to create an invoice up front, and then add the individual joba
> > over the weeks, until I'm ready to send the invoice? I guess that would
> > work? Clearly I should have thought this through before I started, but
> > that's not the way life works when you want to move on with the revenue
> > generating stuff. Sigh.
> >
> > Any pointers to the efficient route (or the manual topic that describes
> > the
> > efficient route) will be very welcome!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon
> >
> >
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