what is the purpose of a non-posting account
Non-posting accounts occur in your accounting records and must be kept closely watched and maintained to keep your orders and order history accurate. Two types of non-posting accouts are purchase orders and sales orders. Let's begin with purchase orders. Purchase orders are orders you are making for your goods/items (otherwise known as inventory). They are non-posting since the order does not have any dollar value attributed to the accounting records UNTIL the inventory is received.