How to do this ?

[Doug Laidlaw]

I would suggest that it would be easier to track shared expenses if they were 
all paid out of one account.  I would make all payments out of one of the 
joint accounts, and transfer money to it from the separate accounts.  In the 
"Memo" field in the transfer, you can list what the money is to be used for.

Doug.


On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 01:43, Frederic LESPEZ <frederic.lespez@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just started to use Gnucash.
> But I don't understand how i can manage the following situation under
> Gnucash :
> I have a checking account and a savings account.
> My Girlfriend has also two accounts.
> And we have two joint accounts
> Thatis to say :
> Assets
>
> |-Current Assets
> |
> |  |-My accounts
> |  |
> |  |  |- Checking account
> |  |  |- Savings account
> |  |
> |  |-My Girlfriend account
> |  |
> |  |  |- Checking account
> |  |  |- Savings account
> |  |
> |  |-Joint accounts
> |  |
> |  |  |- Checking account
> |  |  |- Savings account
>
> ...
>
> How can I do the following : Keep track of what amout of money each one
> has used for shared expenses (flat rent, food, electricity bills, phone
> bills, etc.).
> We can contribute to shared expenses by using our accounts to pay bills
> for example, or transfering money from our acounts to one af the joint
> accounts.
>
> I really don't know how to do this. So any advice will be welcomed !
>
> Phred.
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