I have different GC files for me, wife and family. it can be more work in data entry, especially if I use a different credit card (not the one "reserved" for family spending), but it avoids a lot of the confusion about things.
I am an income account in the family file, and family is a single expense account in my personal books. 0.02 Maf. On Thursday, 12 March 2020 09:13:39 GMT Long wrote: > Hello, > > Explain : > I want to track how much i or my wife spent for our family. So, I had > "Expense:Family" and "Assets:Family" account, we (me and my wife) will > transfer money when i or her buy foods for our family. > > Example : > *Assets: > - Me > ---- Checking > ---- Cash > - Her > ---- Checking > ---- Cash > - Family > *Expenses: > - Family : > -- Food : > > Step 1 : We transfer "Assets:Family" to "Expenses:Family:Food". > Step 2 : If that bills are from me (pay with Checking), i will transfer my > money to "Assets:Family" from "Assets:Me:Checking". > That practice made easier to track how much money i (or my wife) spent for > our family. > 1 - Know how much money "each persons" pay for family > 2 - Know Total "Family expenses". > > And 2 more questions : > 1- if i bought foods with my credit card, what should i do ? > Should i transfer from "Credit Card" to "Foods" ? then i will make a payment > to "Credit Card" from "Assets:Family", and then transfer my money from > "Assets:Me:Checking" to "Assets:Family" ? > 2 - Should i place "Family" account to make expense in Assets or in > Liability ? > > Regards. > > > > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. -- Maf. King PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
