Two real-live bank accounts in GnuCash

[David T.]

Actually, Nathaniel, I think the correct process for lugge is to match the transaction in the second import (that of the loan) to the pre-existing transaction for the payment. Since lugge has already created the transaction and edited it to reflect the actual movement of funds, the second transaction is superfluous. Matching the incoming transaction to the existing transaction on import will remedy that. The second transaction will then hook up with the first.

Alternatively, lugge can simply delete the second transaction, from GnuCash, since he’s already accounted for it.

David

> On Mar 29, 2016, at 10:49 AM, nathaniel courtens <courtens at poweryourpoint.com> wrote:
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>   You got it almost right. 
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>   Remove the 500 that is not part of the transaction and you will end
>   up with -/+500 and not 0 
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>   I hope this helps 
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>   On 3/29/2016 4:48 AM, lugge [via
>     GnuCash] wrote: 
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>    Hi there,
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>     I have an account in GnuCash with represents my giro bank account.
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>     I can get all my transactions into GnuCash via onlinebanking
>     interface (AqBanking), thus, I don't need to type them all by
>     myself.
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>     Because all transactions in GnuCash needs a "to/from"-account, all
>     transactions are mirrored in an "Unbalanced" account.
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>     I have to go into my giro account and set the proper to/from
>     account by hand.
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>     This way, I split my transactions into subcategories, like
>     "expenses:loan", "expenses:living", "expenses:sports"...
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>     My expenses:loan account for example only has debits because every
>     month there is a transaction from giro to loan, each of size, say,
>     500€ for example.
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>     Now it's getting complicated (at least, for me).
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>     I have a second real-live bank account which reflects my loan.
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>     Now I'd like to add this account into GnuCash.
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>     I now have to bank accounts in one GnuCash file.
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>     When I update my transactions via AqBanking, I have a 500€ credit
>     in one account and a 500€ debit in another account.
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>     But, GnuCash doesn't know this transactions are related!
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>     Sure, I can set the to/from in both accounts to my "virtual" loan
>     account in GnuCash.
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>     But this will end up the loan account always showing 0€.
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>     Because for every +500€, there will be a -500€ transaction,
>     resulting in a sum of 0€.
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>     I'm not sure if I'm using GnuCash correctly.
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>     How do you manage two (or more) real-live bank accounts in GnuCash
>     which share transactions?
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>     Do you connect them via a "virtual" account in GnuCash?
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>     I'm not good in booking, is it OK for the virtual account to
>     always show 0€?
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>     Greetings, lugge 
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