Importing payroll information

[Derek Atkins]

"R. Victor Klassen" <rvklassen at gmail.com> writes:

> On Jan 13, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>>> Notes:
>>> 1) When I import, I get an extraneous semi-blank split entry (0
>>> value, account
>>> Chequing Account, memo blank).   I have tried various ways to eliminate that
>>> line, as it appears a blank line with a zero amount on the cheque
>>> stub.  Any
>>> idea how to eliminate this, other than manually deleting the split line after
>>> importing?
>> 
>> QIF always includes a "default account" which is the "current account"
>> of the transaction.  That's the blank split you get..  The only fix is
>> to include that in the transaction itself (e.g. the "Net Amount" split).
>> And make the default account the Net Amount checking account.  I.e.,
>> don't make it a zero-sum transaction in QIF itself; assign part of it to
>> the default account.
>
> I was afraid of that.  I have it set up so that the memo fields of the
> split provide all the needed text to make a pay slip on the stub
> attached below the cheque.  So it appears that I have the choice of
> not producing that line when I write the QIF, and then manually typing
> “Net Pay” in the automatically generated line, or producing it and
> deleting the line.  Since typing it in requires clicking on the split
> and then clicking on delete, that is slightly less work (per
> paycheque) than clicking on the split and typing 7 characters.  And
> forgetting to do one or the other is about equally likely, so neither
> one is significantly less error-prone.

I don't understand your issue.  Just supply a memo for the "default
split".  QIF supports that!

-derek

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