Hmmm Thanks Jeff, I will play a bit with that idea and see what I can come
up with, the right information is all there, your right the doing it one
customer a time bit can be a bit tedious but maybe running all at the same
time with a simple copy and paste into a formatted spreadsheet to do the
sorting and printing of the statements will be quick and easy. The idea of
sending 2 bits of paper to an accounting department to reconclie our
account, worries me, these guys are accountants, not engineers... sorry that
was a low blow.... but I will float that idea past my accountant and see
what he thinks.

THANKS

Tim Wade
Penguin Products



On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Jeff Kaminsky <[email protected]> wrote:

> In the AR module, I see a check box for date paid. You'll have to run a
> transactions report on a  specific customer, (tediious if you are required
> to do this for many customers) but... why not run two reports, a report on
> whats paid and on what date, and a regular aging report?
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On 8/16/2010 1:13 AM, Bernd Plagge wrote:
>
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>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> the system is recording the payment receipt date.
>> Can't you just add up all payments for a given day?
>> How likely is it that a customer makes two payments per day?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bernd
>>
>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:58:49 +0200
>> Penguin Products<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Paul
>>>
>>> There is nothing wrong with Sql-Ledger or LedgerSMB, its just that some
>>> of
>>> us need (especially here in South Africa), those who deal with monthly
>>> accounts for our customers, need to see the actual payment from the
>>> customer.
>>>
>>> What happens is that the agreement we have with our customers, is for
>>> example for all Purchases made by that customer between 1 march and 31
>>> march, so long as he pays us by the 30 April (Last day in April) he will
>>> not
>>> pay interest or penalties on that amount. This is what we call a 30 day
>>> account, although its not strictly 30 days as stuff bought on 1 March is
>>> more like 60 days but for better or worse, that is the system that is
>>> used
>>> here.
>>>
>>> What this means that at the end of each month, we produce a report for
>>> our
>>> customers which we call a statement in it we show all the invoices still
>>> outstanding in the current, 30 day, 60 day etc columns but again the 30
>>> day
>>> for example being what was due to be paid on the last day of the previous
>>> month, not what was owed 30 days from date of invoice, if you get my
>>> meaning
>>> from the paragraph above. We put in the customers payment in the
>>> apropriate
>>> column and we show a running balance down the right hand side  and across
>>> the bottom what is owed in the current, 30 days 60 days etc. The invoices
>>> we
>>> could sort out with a PHP script as that Data we could get at and sort
>>> etc... The problem comes with the payment. The customer wants to see on
>>> the
>>> statement what he paid and on what date, he is not worried about which
>>> invoice its allocated to and the problem was there was no specific
>>> address
>>> on the database that captured the customers specific payment and the
>>> date.
>>> One could add a journal entry into the general ledger, but it gets messy
>>> and
>>> is prone to error as you capture the payment in one place and then
>>> capture
>>> it again in the payments section to satisfy the needs of Sql-Ledger or
>>> LedgerSMB.
>>>
>>> Its just one of those annoying things 95% of the information is there but
>>> unfortunately the 5% is critical to the report and the changes that need
>>> to
>>> be made to incorporate the 5% dont warrant the work and the cost. The
>>> Copy
>>> and paste works well enough for us into a spreadsheet and is not tooooo
>>> much
>>> of a problem, it would be nice though if we could handle it all in one
>>> package but then I guess if life was too easy too many people would be
>>> out
>>> of work and we would be bored stiff. Just thought I would mention it so
>>> that
>>> as these packages improve and develop it could possibly form part of a
>>> future upgrade.
>>>
>>> I hope that my lengthy explanation helps, Paul, its not that Sql or SMB
>>> are
>>> faulty, some of us just need 2 additional bits of information (Payment
>>> and a
>>> date linked to a customer) that due to the way Sql  and SMB operate are
>>> not
>>> captured at this stage and as it is not something that appears to be
>>> universally used across the world I understand why it does not form part
>>> of
>>> the packages report architecture.
>>>
>>> Tim Wade
>>> Penguin Products
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Paul Tammes<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> The customer paid plus 250 and minus 60 making a total payment of 190.
>>>> You received 250 minus 60 making a total receipt of 190.
>>>>
>>>> Both SQL ledger and SMBledger report the very same, which seems totally
>>>> correct and adequate to me.
>>>> Sorry but I do not grasp the problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2010/8/11 Alf Newman<[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I make sql-Ledger.
>>>>> sale invoice for $250.
>>>>> credit note for $60.
>>>>> customer he now pay balance of $190.
>>>>> cash receipt report for this month shows receipt of $250, and receipt
>>>>> of
>>>>> *-*$60.
>>>>> where is receipt of $190 as paid by customer ?
>>>>> how to do correct entry to make correct report receipts ?
>>>>> thanks you
>>>>>
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