RE: Error when Adding a Service

[Dr D. <drd...@ho...>]

Reed, 

I guess you might want to look at your 'WRITING' as another kind of
'ARTICLE'. 
Try to imagine selling an existing book that you yourself do not have in
stock yet to a customer. 
You would have to first place an order for it, buy it and then get it in
stock before you could sell it to the customer, issue a packing slip and
get it out of the stock again.
The same goes for your article: IF it is owned by the company because
e.g. your contract says so, or you want the firm to have the rights for
it, in fact the company is buying it from you AS A PERSON. YOU are the
manufacurer of the 'goods'. SO the company should place an order,
receive the article and then sell it to the highest bidder..
However, if you put it in the company like this future rights (for
reprints or movies or whatever) will also be in the company. Hope this
clarifies the 'There are no purchases invoved in the writing I do'..

If it is just to keep track of income, I suggest you think about this
very carefully and maybe take it up with a tax advisor or bookkeeper. It
could be simpler to use a SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT and book any income from
this kind to a separate ledger 'Private income from writing' and NOT
send out bills on the companies behalf, for as I pointed out, it seems
to me the company is selling something they have not yet purchased and
thus have a negative stock of YOUR articles.. The difference between COG
(cost of goods) and income stays in the company that way, not in your
private account. IF ever a movie or book should follow, all income is
for the company as well, so take that in mind when negotiating the
price, or stipulate in the order confirmation that this transaction only
exists for ONE publishment in XX magazine in year YY, and etcetera, you
get the idea.. 

If the 'via company' route is (still) intended anyway, you should at
least make official arrangements as to the fees due to the company for
handling your affairs on the one hand (they would be a sort of literary
agent or publisher, so probably a percentage, 10 to 15% I guess), and as
to the amounts you AS A PERSON are to receive on the other hand. 

Once you have this clear in your mind, IF the company stays involved,
the costs would be sale price minus xx%, the income would be sale price
100%, leaving YOU as a person in the form of A/P for the (100 - xx)
part. 

Hope this helps, somehow I got the impression you are trying to solve a
problem you might not want to or need to have..

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: sql...@li...
[mailto:sql...@li...] On Behalf Of alta
Sent: dinsdag 26 februari 2002 6:13
To: Dieter Simader; sql...@li...
Subject: Re: Error when Adding a Service



Dieter ...

I think I should explain what I am doing in more detail.  Mostly, I 
sell books.  All that is working fine.  Occasionally, I write 
articles for magazines.  When they pay me, I presume that I should 
enter dollars received in a "service" account.  So I tried to setup a 
service called "Writing" which is tied to the existing "4310--Writing 
account.  (The Add Service form caused the error.)

Upon further investigation, I find that the "Writing" service WAS 
added.  (Actually 3 were added because I tried 3 times.)  Each time I 
attempted to add "Writing" a server error displayed, and the 
error_log showed:

[error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers:
/usr/local/sql-ledger/ic.pl

So, I guess it worked, after all.  However, the reason for the error 
is still a curiosity.

Answers to your questions follow:

> You don't have an account number for purchases.

I puzzling as to why having an account number for purchases would 
have anything to do with a "Writing" service that I provide.  For the 
"Writing" service, there are no purchases needed, but I guess a 
default needs to be selected in the Add Service form.  I selected 
"5010--Purchases", which is flagged with IC_expense.

> check that you have at least one account flagged with IC_expense. 
> "Setup" -> "List Accounts"

The following accounts are flagged with IC_Expense:
     5010--Purchases
     5100--Freight
     5781--Internet

> Also go into your preferences and see which account comes up for the 
> 'Expense Account'

From my preferences, Expense Account: 5040--COGS / Books


> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, alta wrote:
> > I get the following error posted to the server log when I attempt to

> > add a service:
> >
> > [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: 
> > /usr/local/sql-ledger/ic.pl
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this problem?
> >
> > The details...
> >
> > I am attempting to add a service called "Writing":
> >
> > Number: Writing
> > Description: Writing
> > Unit of measure: hr
> > List Price: 0
> > Sell Price: 0
> > Income: 4310--Writing
> > Expense--Purchases
> > 2310--GST: not checked
> > 2311--PST: not checked
> >
> > My setup for "4310--Writing":
> >
> > Account Number: 4310
> > Description: Writing
> > Account Type: Income, Account
> > Is this a summary account to record: no, no, no
> > Include in drop-down lists:
> >   Receivables: Income
> >   Service Items: Income
> > Include this account...as taxable? no
> >
> >
> > Your help appreciated ... Reed

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