Cookie jar accounting
Dave Peticolas
dave@krondo.com
Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:42:30 -0700
Ed Symanzik writes:
> We have always run our budget using cookie jar accounting.
> That is, I get paid and the money goes into accounts for
> each area that we budget. It is all in the checking account,
> we just keep track on paper.
>
> I would like to do this with gnucash but I am not sure how
> this works.
>
> Income - Salary
> Bank - Checking
> Checking:Food
> Checking:Clothing
> Expense - Food
> Expense - Clothing
> Expense - Taxes
>
> So I get paid:
>
> Salary +3000
> Checking:Food +1000
> Checking:Clothing +1000
> Taxes +1000
>
> This looks ok. Then I spend it:
>
> Check #1000
> Checking:Food -300
> Checking:Clothing -100
> Food +300
> Clothing +100
>
> Gnucash seems to get really confused with this.
> My guess is I am the one who is confused or there
> is something fundamentally wrong with my plan.
Could you explain how it gets confused?
dave