How do I create an Expense sub-account?

Larry Evans cppljevans at suddenlink.net
Wed Apr 20 10:17:20 EDT 2016


On 04/20/2016 07:46 AM, yary wrote:
> It's a split transaction: The transfer of assets from Parent1 to Kid1
> is also Parent1's expense and Kid1's income.
>
> Conceptually, I think of an allowance as a recurring bill from Kid1 to
> Parent1- that would let you set up all the accounts once and every
> time the bill is due, GnuCash would account for the asset, expense,
> and income adjustments. But I am *very* new to GnuCash and can't tell
> you how to do that.
>
> (I am in the process of loading GnuCash with transactions, bills,
> invoices from another system- just a couple days into using it.)
>
> -y
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I've tried to do this here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r0qp1199b9i1xtt/family_subaccounts.gnucash?dl=0

however, I'm unable to get Kid1's allowance (and income) to
come from Parent1's Cash In Wallet :(

Maybe someone else can show how this could be done?

-regards,
Larry




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