Would it be possible to change form defaults to allow users to set options such as “for Tax Purposes - This is a Purchase or Purchase Adjustment” - without having to set a line item with Vat. The reason is that my accountant does about five journal entries every year. Four which do not have any VAT…

Form defaults remembers the setting you choose even when hidden. So in form defaults Set a tax code Set purchase / sale preference. Delete the tax code Save changes The option is only shown when it effects the current journal entry. The default setting being revealed when it is used.

Didn’t realise that you could do that. In theory, that should not work. While it accomplishes my desired result, I would consider that a programming bug. But I am happy as it achieves my aim.

[image] dalacor: Didn’t realise that you could do that It should work [image] Change Status payment from Pending to Cleared Do not worry about field disappearing, you can save form default without bank account being selected. Once it’s selected in real …

[image] dalacor: In theory, that should not work. Why not? Program operation is controlled by what shows, not what is hidden. This has always worked in every part of the program. For example, clone a bank receipt with a clearance date set, then edit it to be Pending. When you later change tha…

I don’t think it is good programming practice to do something like that. It is not intuitive as I had to create a topic to ask how to do this. You should not need to select something to have an option show up - then select that option and un-select the first setting. Yes, this might be supported in …

For Tax Purposes Form default

Patch May 10, 2021, 10:31am 4

It should work

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For Tax Purposes Form default

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