how to handle different expenses in a single transaction

[Jason Ahrens]

Girard Aquino wrote:
> Hi! I was wondering whether it was possible to monitor the expenses on 
> different accounts that was charged/taken from a single transaction. For 
> example, i would get charged for 150 for a transaction in my credit card 
> or debit. However, that transaction should be broken down into its 
> respectful account so that i would be able to monitor correctly the 
> monthly expenses for each account. for example : 50 for Computer, 50 for 
> groceries, 50 for clothing. How do I go about this in gnucash? i tried 
> to play around with the split transaction feature, but have no idea what 
> this is used for, nor did i achieve the results i wanted to have. i 
> would appreciate it if anyone could tell me how to handle these kinds of 
> transactions. thank you.
>   

Split transaction should be exactly what you are looking for. I do this
regularly with trips to the wholesalers.

In your Liability:Credit Card account, enter a split transaction like this:
Liability:Credit Card - Charge $150
Expense:Computer - Payment $50
Expense:Groceries - Payment $50
Expense:Clothing - Payment $50

The reason they appear as "Payments" when in the liability is because
you are "Giving" the target account that much. If you were to then go
into the Expense:Computer account, you would find the proper $50 expense
applied there as a Split.

Jason