> On Nov 5, 2019 w45d309, at 8:01 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I was merely curious if there was a way to record this in GnuCash so
> that it doesn't show as income *yet*, nothing more.  I'm happy to let it
> ride until January when the funds turn up in my bank account.

Yes, and even using the business features.

You can create and post an invoice when you want, and still not have it hit 
‘income’ until you get paid.

In order to do so, you’ll need an intermediary account. John noted one way to 
do this.

Another way is to create a holding income account. Assign your line-items on 
the invoice when you deliver grain to this holding account. You can call it 
something like Income:Grain Contracted. (as John noted, this could instead be 
an asset account, and your accountant might be more comfortable with that setup 
- ask which one you should use.)

Then when you get paid, apply the payment to the invoice as normal, but then 
also make a manual transaction between Income:Grain Contracted and your regular 
Income account. (for the amount of the actual payment)

When you run your P&L/Income Statement for tax purposes, only include the 
regular Income account. Do not include the Grain Contracted account.

This workflow will provide you with a report for tax purposes showing only 
actual cash received and still allow you to track grain you’ve physically 
delivered but haven’t yet been paid for. (as well as which deliveries are being 
paid for when) Coming in a future version of GnuCash will be a revised report 
that will allow you to see which payments apply to which invoices. (that info 
is already discoverable, but not easily)

If you use the built-in GnuCash Tax Report feature, simply don’t assign the 
Grain Contracted account as a tax-related account and it won’t show up on that 
report.

Regards,
Adrien
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