On 07/30/2018 02:16 PM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > : > >>> Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable are in a similar vein. In >>> fact, they share a common feature with payroll in that they deal with >>> 3rd party entities (Receivable -- entities who owe you money; >>> Payable -- >>> entities to whom you owe money; Payroll -- entities who get paid for a >>> salary/wage). That common module of dealing with names/addresses and >>> relationships could be abstracted out of all three modules and made a >>> common service. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM >>> stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com >>> kg...@arrl.net >>> 253-350-0166 > Oh dear. No, I would see them as VERY different. And very different > information being kept. > > When I have a payable I owe THAT person an amount. > > When I have a payroll event I owe THAT person something (some portion > of the gross amount), and according to information on that person's > record owe (for example) the Feds various amounts, the state various > amounts (and neither of the previous single accounts -- example, > income tax and SS and medicare separate; state income tax and state > workman's comp separate, etc. ) and possibly various other > entities/accounts. I am required (by many jurisdictions) not only that > amounts be correct but that the employee get a statement along with > that check (or direct deposit). Many/most of the amounts depend on > data on the HR record. > > Michael D Novack That portion is correct. However, you have to track their name and address which would be the same for A/P and A/R. That is the portion that could be abstracted out.
And yes, I did write a payroll system once back in the late 70's using a two-level network database and a transactional language (not COBOL even though I have 20 years experience with that also). And I have been a database administrator/designer for a couple of decades. So, abstracting out sub-systems is in my blood. However, lest folks get any ideas of drafting me, all my languages are now considered old school and I'd have to learn C, C++, XML, etc. -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
