On 24 Jul 2023, at 12:05, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 11:06:26AM +0100, Maf. King wrote: >> On Monday, 24 July 2023 10:38:35 BST Chris Green wrote: >>> Maybe I should put this a different way, the answers so far don't seem >>> to quite address my question, probably because I'm not describing what >>> I'm trying to do. >>> >>> So, very simply, say I am buying sweets in a shop and I select:- >>> >>> One bar of chocolate 0.99 >>> Two bags of pear drops 1.50 >>> Chewing gum 1.00 >>> >>> Then I pay the shopkeeper 3.49 >>> >>> >>> I want to record this in GnuCash in a way that shows that it is a >>> single transaction debiting 'cash in my pocket' and crediting >>> 'shopkeeper' but I want to detail the items making up the transaction. >>> >>> How do I do this? >> >> Erm... 4 splits? 3 to Expenses:Sweets and one to CashInPocket. then for >> the >> register, ensure View as... something not auto-expanding splits. >> >> Will truthfully say that I have not followed the thread so far. >> > I've yet to work out how to actually enter a split transaction in a > sane way. I just spent several minutes trying to enter a split > transaction for something like the above and failed miserably. > > Can someone run me through how to do this, i.e. enter something like > the above where there are three items making up a single transaction
Here’s a real example from my Rotary Club. A Member had given me a cheque for £125 - the usual annual subscription - forgetting that we’d reduced it this year because of underspending during Covid. When this was pointed out, he asked for the £15 excess to be transferred to the charity account.  Above is how I handled this transaction, viewed using View—>Transaction Journal. Current Assets:Cheques Received is Debited the full £125, but the Income is split between Income:Members’ Subcriptions (£110) and Income:Miscellaneous. I subsequently scanned the cheque into the Club’s account and recorded it as Assets:Current Assets:Cheques Received —> Assets: Current Assets:Club Current, and transferred the £15 from the Club’s Current Bank Account to the Charity’s Current Bank account. (the screenshot can be viewed here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/llp6xr0ppbrbuosf93ewi/Screenshot-2023-07-24-at-12.22.47.png?rlkey=vkehv9vsn5612079ux5sjkw1j&dl=0 if it doesn’t come through as an attachment). If I’d needed to split the donation three ways, I’d have tabbed across from Income:Miscellaneous to enter £5, and continued tabbing to start another split, recorded a further £5 in Income:President’s Discretionary Fund (or whatever) and again with the final £5 to Income:Something Else. Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
