# No name of account on Purchase Invoice **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889 "2022-07-09T09:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ries/32/8988_2.png) [@ries](https://forum.manager.io/u/ries)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/1 "2022-07-09T09:03:02Z")
Name of account remains empty if Description is used. ![inkoopfactuur01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/manager1/original/3X/8/d/8d4963be96b1b542fcaa74e50664c35dcf30f4b4.jpeg) ![inkoopfactuur02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/manager1/original/3X/4/7/47aec4b3e3bfea7718d0dee110a6bd5846b2f104.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![lubos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lubos/32/62798_2.png) [@lubos](https://forum.manager.io/u/lubos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/2 "2022-07-09T09:23:23Z")
This is intentional. Basically the idea is that `Account` will show only if item and line description is empty. Therefore you can hide `Account` on printed document by specifying item or/and line description. It is desirable to be able to hide `Account`, especially on documents printed for customers and suppliers as `Account` would your internal thing. But I can see it doesn’t look intuitive if having multiple lines and not using description and item on all of them. So perhaps the improvement should be that `Account` is hidden only if all lines have line description or item specified. ---
**Author:** ![eko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a8b319/32.png) [@eko](https://forum.manager.io/u/eko)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/3 "2022-07-09T15:20:54Z")
> [@lubos](#): > > So perhaps the improvement should be that `Account` is hidden only if all lines have line description or item specified. Indeed that would be a good solution. ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/4 "2022-07-09T15:34:15Z")
> [@lubos](#): > > So perhaps the improvement should be that `Account` is hidden only if all lines have line description or item specified. I suppose there may be a point to having something entered for each line item, rather than leaving it totally blank. But I fail to see why you would ever enter a line on a transaction form with no item or description. That would would be a horrible practice, no different than random postings to accounts. Such a transaction would not be auditable, internally or externally. One would have to guess what it was for after the fact. A better solution than listing the posting account, in my opinion, would be to throw transactions with blank line items into _Suspense_. ---
**Author:** ![eko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a8b319/32.png) [@eko](https://forum.manager.io/u/eko)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/5 "2022-07-09T15:50:53Z")
> [@Tut](#): > > But I fail to see why you would ever enter a line on a transaction form with no item or description. That would would be a horrible practice, no different than random postings to accounts. Assume you have an account called electricity bills then you do not need to enter a description as it is self explanatory and acceptable by an audit as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/6 "2022-07-09T16:34:14Z")
> [@Tut](#): > > A better solution than listing the posting account, in my opinion, would be to throw transactions with blank line items into _Suspense_. I don’t like this approach. For some of my clients the COA is setup in such a way that the account names can serve as descriptions, at least for sales. Take this COA setup for example: - Creative service - Production - Event management - … In this case it’s completely fine to leave the description blank since the accounts were so aptly named. So I guess, lubos’ proposed solution is the way to go especially since it’s also the path of least resistance. ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/7 "2022-07-09T16:42:45Z")
Well, I guess practices differ. What is acceptable in one location might not pass audit in another. I understand your point of view, although I would never recommend or follow your approach. The proposed solution would make the issue irrelevant for anyone who describes transaction lines by selecting an item or entering a description, so I cannot object too strenuously. ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/no-name-of-account-on-purchase-invoice/41889/8 "2026-07-05T20:12:54Z")
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