Splits in Cash Flow report

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:

> On Wednesday 02 December 2009 15:25:58 Nowl wrote:
>> Sorry to follow up my own post, but please, can anyone comment or help
>> with this? To me, incorrectly reported transactions seems a really
>> serious flaw, especially as it's not my own money. . . if it's something
>> I'm doing wrong, I'd be very grateful to know.
>
> Hi Nowl,
>
> Yes, I see what you mean.  I've made a new test file, with a single txn split 
>>From checking to 2 expense accounts.  I've attached a couple of screenshots 
> of the register and report output,  which may help others on the list 
> understand what you mean.
>
> The Cash Flow report when run on just one of those expense accounts does show 
> what you describe, with the bottom line (labeled difference) being the actual 
> total flow "into" that account.
>
> IANAA, so I'm not sure what is supposed to happen here, hence I'm not sure if 
> this is a bug, or if you are bending the purpose of the cash flow report, by 
> running it against expense accounts rather than asset/liability accounts 
> only.

You're doing it wrong.  The Cash Flow report is designed to tell you the
CASH FLOW into an out of a set of accounts.  It's designed to work
around your Assets and Liabilities.

It sounds like you really want the P&L report (aka Income Statement).

> Sorry I can't be of more help,
> Maf. 

-derek

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