> On Aug 8, 2018, at 4:19 PM, brainwash <ligius+gnuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've set up GnuCash to work with two different banks and their respective > online systems. However, I can't get transfers between two accounts (at > different banks) to match. The problem is that both their description and > date do not match. Bank A transfers amount X at date D with a description of > T1. Bank B receives amount X at date D+2 with a description of T2. > > I would normally just delete one of the transactions in a ledger and keep > the matching one, but, I want to keep the original description and date. > This is in case I get some tax audits later - but also for my sanity. If the > transaction date changes then the GnuCash ledger will not match the paper > trail (e.g. "Balance" will be different). > > > > I could create a third virtual account which will receive payment from bank > A at date D and transfer the same amount to bank B at date D+2. > > Right now the best option seems to leave everything against "Imbalance" and > make a mental note to check the description. However, I regularly go over > the imbalanced entries and move them to the right category, this will make > my job a little harder. It will also "hide" the traceability of funds when > doing reports. > Any suggestion is appreciated.
For the most part you can ignore the problem: You’re keeping your books, not either bank’s, so you can post the transfer when you give the banks the instructions to effect it, just as you would do when you write a paper check. In general if the money doesn’t leave your control the tax folks don’t care about it. There might be a case where you really do need to track the exact balances in the bank accounts. In a situation like that you can create a “suspense” account. When the money leaves Bank A you credit Bank A and debit the suspense account, and when it turns up in Bank B you credit the suspense account and debit Bank B. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
