Is saving goals possible?

Maf. King maf at chilwell.net
Thu Nov 23 12:17:02 EST 2006


On Thursday 23 November 2006 17:04, Alan Hartless wrote:
>
> 1) My work direct deposits my paycheck into my checking account.
> 2) I transfer a sum of money into my savings account.
> 3) Now I somehow need to divide up the savings into "goals," "accounts,"
> whatever but still keep the transactions and total amounts intact in my
> savings account for reconciliation purposes.
>
> Does this make any sense at all?
>

Hi Alan,

Makes perfect sense.  Make subaccounts - eg Savings:Laptop Savings:emergency 
etc.

Make savings a "Placeholder account"

Transfer into the sub accounts

check the "include sub-accounts" box in the reconcile dialogue.

HTH,
Maf.


> Thanks in advance!
> Alan
>


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