One action. Both sides. Always in balance.
The Due to and Due from drift QuickBooks has no answer for, and the one action that makes it impossible in the first place. Nothing here touches a server or requires an account.
The manual way: two files, two bookkeepers
Riverside Property LLC's own books
Meridian Consulting LLC owes us $3,000.00
Meridian Consulting LLC's own books
We owe Riverside Property LLC $2,950.00
Two independent entries, typed by hand in two separate files — $50.00 apart, and nothing catches it until someone reconciles both books by hand at close.
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