shared expenses/IOU accounting

[DaveC49]

Hi

To my knowledge Gnucash does not have the ability to generate splits between
accounts for sharing expenses automatically. When you enter a transaction it
is usually in the register for the account you are drawing from. A default
account for the other split of the transaction is generally suggested and is
selectable from a drop down list. The default for any transaction is a two
split i.e one debit entry and the corresponding credit entry. Additional
splits to other accounts are created by tabbing to the next line, selecting
an account and entering the amount which is debited or credited to that
account.

There is a new CSV importer being developed for the next release to replace
the current fairly simple csv importer which may be able to import
multi-split data. Maybe one of the developers can comment on that . If it
is, then you could generate the splits in a spreadsheet,  and then import
them.

There is also the ability to use formulas in scheduled transactions which
may be ok in dealing with recurring expenses. i have not used this feature
at all so i don't know if it will meet your needs The following FAQ has 
links to the documentation
(https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Scheduled_Transactions) and some discussions
on this which may help
(https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_use_variables_and_formula_in_scheduled_transactions.3F).

David Cousens



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