> On Mar 25, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Rick Copple <r...@copplecleaningservice.com> > wrote: > > Thank you, John, for bearing with me. > > On 03/25/2018 04:37 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> Rick, >> >> OK, I'll try again. You reported that when you post an invoice "it fails to >> accumulate in the liability account" until you "edited the tax table >> [and]... reposted that invoice. Then it showed up in the liability >> account..." >> >> Then you "went back in" (presumably having quit and restarted GnuCash) and >> tried to post another invoice, only to have to edit the tax table again to >> get to "accumulate". >> >> I need you to break that down so that I understand exactly what happened >> when and what is the problem. >> When posting an invoice without first editing the tax table: >> Is the sales tax liability account register open when you post the invoice? > I've done it both ways, register open and closed. Same thing happens. > >> Are you examining that register immediately after posting the invoice and >> not seeing the invoice's transaction there? > > Yes. > >> What about other accounts (e.g. Accounts Receivable) that the invoice should >> have posted to? If the transaction is present in those other accounts, does >> it include the tax split if you put it in split view? > > Yes, it posts to the A/R account, but without the sales tax split showing, > despite it showing in the invoice itself. > >> If the tax liability register was open when you post the invoice, does >> closing and reopening it change anything? > > No, it is either there or not. > >> >> Otherwise, if the splits are all there after you post the invoice, do some >> or all of them disappear when you quit and restart GnuCash? > > The splits are not there after I post an invoice unless, for that session > since opening the program, I first edit the tax table to include the tax %. > The strange thing is when I go to edit it, the name of the sales tax item in > the left pane shows up, in my case "Marble Falls", but there is nothing in > the right window UNTIL I click on the name "Marble Falls", then the "Sales > Tax Payable" account shows up in the right window (it does the same thing in > the XML database, but it still calculates it correctly). It doesn't > accumulate the sales tax into that register/account until I edit the entry on > the right side (it shows 8.25% as I had entered before), and then once I go > in and edit the invoice that didn't post sales tax, unpost it, save the line > by clicking through it, then reposting it. > >> >> You report all this for the Sqlite3 backend. Does it work correctly when you >> do the same using the XML backend? > > Yes, it works as expected for the XML backend. It is only in the Sqlite3 > backend that I've had this happen. Note, I've not attempted using MySql or > PostSql on this as it would require me stetting it up. I don't know if it > would do the same thing on those backends or not. > > I've experimented with this some and can't seem to isolate why this is > happening. If you can think of anything else I could try, let me know. >
Thanks, now I understand what's happening. What I don't understand is why the backend would make a difference. Geert will be back on Tuesday and he's way more familiar with the business code. Maybe he'll have an idea of what's going on. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ 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.
