http://www.happyaccountant.com/2007/06/simple-purchase-ledger-in-excel-iv/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.happyaccountant.com/2007/06/simple-purchase-ledger-in-excel-iv/#comment-107 Happy Accountant Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:26:40 +0000 http://happyaccountant.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/simple-purchase-ledger-in-excel-iv/#comment-107 Oh, I should have been slightly clearer: no,it doesn't - I was trying to emphasise the need for clear, sequential numbering (plus, I made an assumption that you would set up such a spreadsheet at the start of the year, which, in reality, might not be the case). The idea behind numbering your purchase invoices is so that you have a cross-reference between the line on your spreadsheet and the actual invoice or receipt (on which you would have also written the sequential number and filed it accordingly) so that you can find the original document easily, should you need to and not account for the same invoice twice. Oh, I should have been slightly clearer: no,it doesn’t – I was trying to emphasise the need for clear, sequential numbering (plus, I made an assumption that you would set up such a spreadsheet at the start of the year, which, in reality, might not be the case). The idea behind numbering your purchase invoices is so that you have a cross-reference between the line on your spreadsheet and the actual invoice or receipt (on which you would have also written the sequential number and filed it accordingly) so that you can find the original document easily, should you need to and not account for the same invoice twice.

]]> http://www.happyaccountant.com/2007/06/simple-purchase-ledger-in-excel-iv/#comment-106 Stephen Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:54 +0000 http://happyaccountant.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/simple-purchase-ledger-in-excel-iv/#comment-106 You mention the invoice number and say "so start the year at no.1". Does this mean every financial year the invoices generated should begin at 1? You mention the invoice number and say “so start the year at no.1″. Does this mean every financial year the invoices generated should begin at 1?

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