---
id: ADR-ACC-BKS-007
title: Resolve accounting destinations when posting
product_area: accounting
module: books
revision: 1
status: proposed
design_intent: confirmed
source_sha:
  services-accounting: f47cb263875bbc0c5640fba7dae6785ec32695f8
  react-console: baf6dae382d6f41dce976c7f848667ccc37e076f
decision: >-
  Accounting destinations are resolved at posting rather than required at issue.
  Expected default-account types guide service clients; the console filters its
  choices by type.
constrains:
  - DOM-ACC-BKS-002
  - SVC-ACC-BKS-books
  - SCR-ACC-BKS-003
  - WF-ACC-BKS-006
origin: >-
  services-accounting docs/architecture/accounting-2.0/02-decisions.md#A-1
  (Andrew)
alternatives:
  - option: Block issue until important defaults are assigned.
    why_not: >-
      The cited product decision explicitly rejects making GL setup a
      prerequisite for issue.
  - option: Freeze destinations when issuing the document.
    why_not: >-
      That would conflict with the recorded posting-time resolution and prevent
      subsequent setup corrections from affecting unposted work.
consequences:
  - >-
    Changing configuration after issue can change posting destinations,
    including tax payable selection.
  - >-
    The missing-default notice is a console warning without a shared service
    definition of required purposes.
  - The service accepts account types beyond the console’s expected-type filter.
supersedes: []
evidence:
  - >-
    services-accounting at f47cb263:
    docs/architecture/accounting-2.0/02-decisions.md#A-1
  - >-
    services-accounting at f47cb263:
    modules/batches/services/engine/posting-documents.ts:TaxAccounts
---

# Resolve accounting destinations when posting

## Context

The recorded product decision allows document issue before accounting defaults are complete. Posting resolves the destination from the configuration available when it runs.

## Decision

Accounting destinations are resolved at posting rather than required at issue. Expected default-account types guide service clients; the console filters its choices by type.

## Alternatives Considered

Block issue until important defaults are assigned. The cited product decision explicitly rejects making GL setup a prerequisite for issue.

Freeze destinations when issuing the document. That would conflict with the recorded posting-time resolution and prevent subsequent setup corrections from affecting unposted work.

## Consequences

Changing configuration after issue can change posting destinations, including tax payable selection.

The missing-default notice is a console warning without a shared service definition of required purposes.

The service accepts account types beyond the console’s expected-type filter.