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Posting type - Purchase and Sales - How to post income from a vendor

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Hi all.

So the purchase / sales Posting types makes sense in most cases, where customers can only be used with "Sales" and "Vendors" with Purchase.
But in some instances, let's say I receive Interest Rate payment from my bank. Shouldnt this have the posting type "Sales" and not "Purchase". But I'm not allowed to post any Vendors with "sales" Posting type.
So in order to come around this issue, I've been using a "Support GL Account" to post the transaction through, but this feels like a tedious way to do it.

Is there a better solution for this?

Best Regards
Mathias Sørensen

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YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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It would be very helpful if you could provide some screenshots. As far as I know, when posting to General Journal, there is no need to select the Posting type.

If you mean Gen. Posting Type, hopefully the information below can give you some hints.

https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=19e1a748-6f73-40e5-ad9c-e13e667b9258

https://ebs.com.au/blog/gen-posting-type-issues-in-business-central

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Yi Yong 2,647 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

You can use Purchase Credit Memo to post income from vendor or "Credit Memo" document type on journal.

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Khushbu Rajvi. 22,130 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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The system is designed to separate "Sales" for customers and "Purchase" for vendors due to its default structure, but there are alternative ways to handle scenarios like receiving income from a vendor.

To handle income from vendors in Business Central, use General Journals: select the Vendor as the Account Type and post the income to an appropriate G/L Account as the balancing account. This avoids using a "Support G/L Account." Alternatively, you can use a Purchase Credit Memo for such transactions or process it via Bank Transactions if it’s directly received in your bank.

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Valentin Castravet 32,208 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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I agree with Yun Zhu, I would leave the gen. posting type empty, unless you're in Australia and need it for tax purposes.

Valentin Castravet
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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 25,555 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi, good day
I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

Demystifying “Gen. Posting Type” on G/L account card in Microsoft 365 Business Central

What does "Posting to Account # must either be of type Purchase or Sale" or "Gen. Posting Type must not be" mean? - Fenwick

Best Regards
Gerardo

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