On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 4:39 AM Chris Green <[email protected]> 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?
>
This may be simple, but why not have a split transaction:
You reduce "cash" 3.49
You increase whatever expense account you use for sweets (using "Candy"
below)
Expenses:Candy 0.99 (and put "chocolate bar" in the description)
Expenses:Candy 1.50 ("pear drops" in the description)
Expenses:Candy 1.00 ("chewing gum" in the description)
This is "one" transaction that has three separate entries to "Candy", with
each saying what it was.
OR, you could just have "Expenses:Candy" for 3.49 and list all three in the
description.
OR, if you are REALLY obsessed with tracking your sweets, you could create
sub-accounts under candy for each type of candy you purchase.
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