On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 00:13, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> I would only use them for cases where you are billed (incurred the > expense) before you pay, not at the same time. > Why is that? > Using your postage example: > > If you pay a company periodically for postage, quite possibly for more > than one shipment, or have to take explicit action to pay a bill, use > the Business Features. > > If you simply go to the Post Office or shipper and pay at the counter > when sending a package - use regular transactions. I pay the shipper before they ship. I do have trade accounts with other companies, but not any couriers. I pay in advance for courier services. I book online. > > There might be rare cases of a mix for the same entity. In that case, > consider if you need a 'statement of account' to match up bills and > payments. If so, always use the Business Features for that entity. There is one of those. > > Of course, make your own rules for your own needs. I've settled on these > for myself to keep the clicks down where not really needed. Do you not lose any functionality by not using the business features? I seem to have something that works for me, so I guess itβs okay. But perhaps I am doing an excessive number of mouse clicks. I doubt my accountant will be bothered, although asking him seems a bit pointless as getting answers to questions seems to be impossible at the moment.π’π’π’π’π’ I emailed him the other day and said I had paid his invoice and asked a couple of questions, but still no answer. > Regards, > Adrien Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United Kingdom _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.