Split transaction

[Mike or Penny Novack]

Fredrik Eriksson wrote:

>I have a problem when following up my transactions and comparing with  
>my bankstatements. For example if I go to the store and by food and  
>take out some money at the same time I  enter this as two transactions :
>
>assets:account -> expenses:food     300
>assets:account -> expenses:cash    500
>
>But checking my bankaccount I only have one statement :
>
>2008-09-12 Food store     800
>
>Can I do this someway in gnucash so one transaction is split in two  
>deposits for easier handling?
>
>Regards,
>
>Fredrik
>  
>
It's not a deposit.

But yes, this is exactly what a "split transaction" is for.
                        db       |    cr  
assets:account            |     800
expenses:cash   500   |
expenses:food   300   |

As in all cases, GnuCash can't TELL you how to do "double entry 
bookkeeping". All it can do is make the process easy/automatic 
posting/check for imbalance errors.

Michael

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