Showing an investment as an expense in a report

[Andrew Sackville-West]

An investment is not an expense. it is an asset. you are looking for a 
cashflow report instead of income/expense.

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Laurent Duperval wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like money put into a long-term education fund to show up as an 
> expense. But I also need it to show up as an asset. How can I do this?
> 
> What I tried doing is:
> 
>    * Add an expense in Expenses:Education:Fund
>    * Add a transfer from the above to Assets:Long Term:Education Fund
>    * Each month I add an expense to my education fund. Righ after that,
>      I make a transfer from that expense to my Education fund.
> 
> When I show the report (the Expense piechart) the transaction set from 
> above doesn't show up, I.e., the net result is 0. This is logically 
> correct but it doesn't provide me with the information I need.
> 
> Can anyone offer a better way to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> L
>