On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 4:41 PM Stan Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Here's a recent example where _three_ splits in a transaction referenced > the same account. I paid for my groceries with a credit card, then > before leaving the register I noticed that the cashier had rung up my > two $0.49 bunches of scallions as $1.99 "Mexican onions". You'd think > she would apologize and hand me the $3.00 difference in cash, or at > least just credit my card the $3.00. No, she insisted on crediting the > $3.98 mischarge, then running a new charge of the correct $0.98. The > whole operation took upwards of ten minutes, and she apparently felt no > apology was needed for her mistake and the wasted time. > > When I got home I entered the transaction like this: > Debit: Groceries $100.98 > Credit: AP CapitalOne Visa $103.98 > Debit: AP CapitalOne Visa $3.98 > Credit: AP CapitalOne Visa $0.98 > with suitable notes in the memo lines. Since there would be three lines > on my next statement, I needed three splits in GC. > I would have entered three separate transactions, since there were three separate charges/reverse charges to the credit card... it makes reconciling easier, I've found: Debit groceries 103.98 Credit Visa 103.98 Debit Visa 3.98 Credit groceries 3.98 Debit groceries 0.98 Credit Visa 0.98 (with appropriate comments in the Notes field) _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
