[Erp5-dev] person and vat code

[Jacek Medrzycki]

Bartek Gorny pisze:
> - in reality, there is no another legal entity in such a case - 
Yes, it is.


> I am
> an example of it, because I do this kind of business activity, and
> when I as a business entity purchase something from a supplier, then I
> owe him my personal money 
It has nothing to do with money, I think.

> - there is no third party involved, so the
> business model in ERP5 would be different from the real life situation

There is a kind of third party.
Consider, that one can't just say one day: "I'm going to carry on 
business so I'm going to issue VAT invoices". To do so, you had to 
register in three (in case of Poland) places: municipal authorities, 
Statistical Office (GUS) and Tax Office. Yes, you retained you personal 
vat code, but you had to invite a name for your business activity - so 
there is no doubt for me, that some new entity came to life the moment 
when you registered your acivity - and this entity should be represented 
by something more than a Person you are. The Organisation is an obvious 
choice.

Than look at the typical finance departament. Are they interested, if 
their contractor is a single person carrying business, or huge company 
employing thousands of people? No. Both are equals from the financial 
point of view - they are just contractors and should be treated the same 
manner.
If people carrying own business were represented by Person objects, and 
"regular" companies by Organisation objects, then the contractor catalog 
would be splitted between two modules, which complicates logic.

J.