Virtual accounts?

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible at gmx.de>:

> Hello,
>
> still learning to use GC2 and I have questions left that may be answered by
> one of you ...
>
> Currently I don't know how to represent "virtual accounts". Say, I try to
> save from my monthly income a certain amount of money in these "virtual
> accounts" e.g. for the car, for holidays and for health expenses. But the
> money is physical available either in my check account or the savings
> account. Therefore I cannot simply create an account Asset:Savings:Car and
> transfer money from the check account into it ... since the checking
> account is balanced online with my bank. How can I simulate monthly rates
> into the virtual accounts or charge such an account with expenses?

If the money is sitting in Assets:Checking just create a subaccount,
Assets:Checking:Car, and move your savings into there.

> - Jörg

-derek

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