[GNC] Defered payment account

[G R Hewitt]

Why not set TfL as a supplier.
Set up, say, a TfL expense account and an Accrued Payables account.
Debit to TfL Expense and a credit to Accrued Payables.
When the bill comes in enter the details into the supplier account which
will debit the accrued account, which should clear it - if it doesn't,
reverse the difference to the expense account
Then pay the Supplier account, clearing that by crediting the bank account.

No doubt others may have different or better solutions.



On Sat, 10 May 2025 at 20:06, Fred Bone <Fred at mandfb.me.uk> wrote:

> Gnucash v2.61 on Windows 10, though I doubt whether either makes any
> difference.
>
> I recently had occasion to sign up for a Transport for London Road User
> Charge account. (This is for tunnel tolls and congestion / low emission
> zone charges).
>
> Under this account I get a monthly statement of charges incurred, which
> is paid off automatically one week after the statement by direct debit.
>
> I set this up in Gnucash as a "Liability" account. However, when the
> statement came and I tried to Reconcile, I found that a "Liability"
> account does not automatically proceed to the "Transfer Funds" prompt
> window, so I entered the payment manually. (Big deal, I hear you say).
>
> I could change it to a "Credit Card" account-type, though of course
> that's not what it is.
>
> Is there anything more suitable?
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