Split Transaction To Personal And Business

[Christopher Lam]

Well within the regular register there's no mechanism for inputting, e.g.
$40 electricity paid and have the system allocate among splits according to
a formula.

There's however a mechanism for inputting in a Scheduled Transaction (known
as SX), e.g. let's say 50% use is personal and 50% is business, the SX
template will be:
- Assets:Bank (Credit Formula) -billamount
- Expense:Personal:Electricity (Debit Formula) (billamount/2)
- Expense:Business:Electricity (Debit Formula) (billamount/2)
or more complex business splits
... which can pop up a periodic query for the billamount, and is then
apportioned appropriately. But as a new user it's usually best to avoid
these formula-type shortcuts.

On 2 January 2018 at 17:20, James Meade <jnmeade at southslope.net> wrote:

> I have one electrical meter on the house and the farm shop.  I need to
> allocate a percentage of the monthly (variable) check to each account
> because they have a different tax structure.  Any hints or references
> appreciated on how to set up the accounts is appreciated.  I'm new to
> gnucash and ignorant of accounting.  I've been using Quicken for many years
> and identify the separate lines by using categories, which I think is wrong
> but works for me.
> Jim
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