Per diem expense reimbursements

[Russell Mercer]

I've had to deal with work related expenses as well that I didn't want
merged with my personal expenses.
I simply created a Work Expense account to deal with it.

Expenses:Work Expense

Then, any charges against your per diem on your personal card would debit
Expense:Work Expense and credit Assets:Bank account


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Barry Rosenberg
<dovierosenberg at gmail.com>wrote:

> I receive an expense per diem, of say $100 per week. Suppose I spent $20 on
> my corporate card (which I don't track in Gnucash). I file an expense
> report, and the company pays $20 to my corporate card and the remaining $80
> eventually are deposited into my bank account.
>
> I am not interested in tracking the $20 in Gnucash since these are not
> personal expenses. I would like to know how much is owed to me, and how
> much I have received to date as per diem income.
>
> My normal entries are:
> When I submit an expense report, debit Assets:Per Diem Receivable, and
> credit Income:Per Diem.
>
> Once the expense report is approved and I get the deposit, I debit
> Assets:Bank account, and credit Assets:Per Diem Receivable.
>
> Thus far everything works fine. The wrinkle is when I charge a "per diem
> expense" to my personal bank card. This happens from time to time. I would
> still not want these to flow into my personal expenses. How would I fit
> this transaction into the above structure? I would need to credit
> Assets:Bank account, but I am not sure where to put the other side of the
> transaction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barry
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> Barry D. Rosenberg
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