Hi Tony

I'm not an accountant, but I would treat it as an asset thus:

Payment
Assets:Bank: -1,600
Assets:Bond: +1,000
Expenses:Rent: +600

Refund
Assets:Bank: +1,000
Assets:Bond: -1,000

The first transaction (Payment) is a "split" - it has 3 legs.

Regards

Geoff
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On 22/11/2020 7:29 pm, Tony Vanson wrote:
Hi all,
Using Windows 10 Home
GC 4.2

I anticipate renting a property for 1 month and will pay the rental up
front plus a security deposit amount which will be returned at the finish
of the rental period. I am totally in the dark how to approach this.
Do I need some kind of split? The rental expense is a straight forward
expense, but how do I input the security deposit - I tried it as an asset
but that didn't work and doesn't seem right. Various other things i tried
usually came up with an Imbalance entry.
I would really appreciate some guidance on this.
Cheers

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