401k loan?
Christopher Scott
wabe5@yahoo.com
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 19:29:39 -0700 (PDT)
OK, I come here begging for help. I took out a 401k loan to buy a house.
The "loan" works by paying both principal and interest back into my 401k.
I'm wondering how to represent this by the double accounting in Gnucash.
So, I think things should go as follows:
. I have my Asset: Checking, my Asset: 401k, and my
Liability: 401k loan accounts.
. Things get sold in my Asset: 401k account. This money (say, $1000)
goes to the Asset: Checking account. Also, this $1000 needs
to be represented in the Liability: 401k loan account.
. Now, every paycheck, I pay back an amount (say, $50). This amount
is comprised of interest and principal. All $50 goes back into
the Asset: 401k account. However, only the principal affects
the balance in the Liability: 401k loan account.
How does this get represented in Gnucash? Small words spoken very slowly
is appreciated.
Thanks.
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wabe5@yahoo.com
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