Adrien,
I saw your email and tried that, setting the sub-account to receivables to "asset." But as I noted in another response I think, it still did not show as an option in the receive payment window. It did disappear as an option in the dropdown window to select which account receivable account to use. Another way to remember these infrequent accounting entries is to search for them. Just duplicate and change the amounts as appropriate. Thanks, Roger Message: 1 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:33:33 -0500 From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net <mailto:adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> > To: GnuCash <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt Message-ID: <79e0f4f6-c7cf-4d6e-a82e-7eb9f0a04...@lusfiber.net <mailto:79e0f4f6-c7cf-4d6e-a82e-7eb9f0a04...@lusfiber.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Roger, You just missed my recent reply on account types. The asset version needs to be of *type* `asset` not *type* `accounts receivable` but you can certainly place regular asset accounts as sub-accounts of that special Accounts Receivable account. I have this very setup and it works fine. Certainly though, if you prefer the liability method for your use case, by all means, use that instead. It is perfectly legitimate to pay liabilities with other liabilities, that is what a credit card is ? you are setting up an account to track a credit line you have with that vendor/client. And yes, remembering how to make certain entries, especially when they are infrequent, can be a challenge. The only advice (other than a note app) on that front is I personally found I retain more of this info as I became more active on this list helping others. (of course, some things I still have to lookup to refresh my memory) My workflow includes creating a ?how to? sub folder in my mail client and archiving some important threads there which places them in quick proximity to reference when revisiting the topic in a new thread. Regards, Adrien _______________________________________________ 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.
