"Double Dating" transactions?

Linas Vepstas linas at linas.org
Mon Aug 30 23:25:01 EDT 2004


Hi,

If & when you figure this out, could you update the gnucash wiki with
what you think is a decent answer?

--linas

On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:25:53PM -0400, Thomas John Vitolo was heard to remark:
> Good sirs and madams:
> 
> Is it possible to "double date" a transaction?  For example, I received a tax refund on 5/1/04.  I'd like 
> that date to appear as the date the money arrived in my Assets:Current Assets:Checking, but I'd like the 
> date of 12/31/03 to be the date in Expenses:Taxes:Federal .
> 
> The reason is that when I make charts, having a 5/1/04 date throws off the charts, because I show 
> paying negative taxes that month -- instead of having paid less taxes for the year prior, and positive 
> taxes in May 04.  Since the refund was for the 03 year, it should come off of Expenses:Taxes:Federal for 
> that year I would think.
> 
> IANAA, and this may not be kosher accounting.  Would somebody please:
> (a) let me know if this is a legit accounting move, or at least reasonable for a home user such as myself
> (b) comment on how to do this, if it can be done in gnucash
> (c) if it cannot be done, comment on the possibility of this being implemented in the future
> (d) comment on the possibility of it being split into 12 dates, so that the refund is proportional to the 
> taxes each month of 03, so that the bar chart for all 12 months of 03 is the most accurate.
> 
> 
> Thanks a bunch!
>  - Tommy V
> 
> Thomas John Vitolo
> Ph D Systems Engineering Candidate,
> Boston University

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