Cashflow Report on Split Transactions in Checking Accounts

[Dave Niezabitowski]

It sounds like you're classifying your split incorrectly. 

You should have your Gross amount in your ledger too. Not just your Net. You enter your NET in your transaction register but you also have an entry for your Gross.

It sounds like you should have the following Accounts

Assets:Checking
Income:Salary(Net)
Expenses:Taxes:FICA
Expenses:State
Expenses:Federal
Expense:(Whatever other deductions you have coming from your check)

You should have an entry for both your Gross and Net if you're going to track your whole check. If you're only entering your NET and not the gross but still entering your paycheck expenses, then your totals won't match.


Check out this entry for splits showing a paycheck http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/txns-registers1.html#txns-register-multiaccount