Examples for entering transactions

[Gerlich, Rene]

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hi ralph,

you will need an account to track the money your lady ows you.

assets->loans->girlfriend (yes, i have an account like this too and i can
tell you my lady does not mind... she laughs about it ;-)

now you can have a split transaction

assets->cash 100%		to	expenses->tv-set
50%	(or 25%)
				and 	assets->loans->girlfriend	50%
(or 75% - whatever ;-))

when she pays you back you then book

assets->loans->girlfriend	to	assets->cash

providing she pays you back in cash ;-)

over the time i have found gnucash to be very powerful when it comes to
create complex transactions. i have some geeky transactions involing 14
accounts. these are my salary bookings with all kinds of taxes and
insurances and extra payments and ... it took me about a day to figure out
how to get it right. at the end of the day it is pure logic and all you need
to understand is the source of the data. where does the money come from and
where does it go?

cheers

rene



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph van Etten [mailto:ralph2 at et10.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:31 AM
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Examples for entering transactions
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've been using gnucash for a while now and I have a few questions. I
> already searched the list archives but I couldn't find it in there.
> 
> 1. Is there a website or FAQ on how to enter certain transactions ?
> Sometimes, especially in the beginning, I spend a lot of time 
> on finding
> the best way to enter a transaction.
> 
> 2. I've been using gnucash for tracking a list of expencive 
> things which I
> own, like a TV or a PC and it works well. But now I also want to use
> gnucash to track the things I buy together with my girlfriend.
> For instance: We go to the stores and buy a TV. The TV is 
> charged on my
> bankaccount and my girlfriend pays me back half of it later.
> How can I enter this in gnucash so that I can have a list of all the
> things we've bought together and at the same time see how 
> much money my
> girlfriend owes me ?
> I've tried it with split transactions and lots of other 
> things but I just
> can't get it right. Does anyone uses gnucash in this way ?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ralph van Etten
> 
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