Split Transactions question

[Dave Carrigan]

waxmop@gtcinternet.com writes:

> Hi -
> 
> I'm not sure how to book a transaction.  My job reimbursed me for a class
> I'm taking.  First, I paid for the class from my checking account:
> 
> 	credit: asset checking account
> 	debit: expenses education account
> 
> Now I got the check from my job in order to reimburse me.  The
> reimbursement was added into my regular biweekly paycheck.  My regular
> salary is $100 per paycheck (these are made up numbers) and the
> reimbursement is for $200, so I got a check for $300 this time.  
> 
> Here's how I normally process my paychecks:
> 
> 	debit: asset checking account
> 	credit: income salary account.

On that particular paycheck, do a split. Add 200 to debit: expenses
education account and add $100 to credit: income salary
account. Afterwards, if you look at you education account, you'll see
that the $200 is on the other side of the debit/expense columns,
effectively lowering the total in that account.

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