[GNC] help setting accounts to track contributions

Matthew Pounsett matt at conundrum.com
Fri May 4 09:16:42 EDT 2018


On 4 May 2018 at 04:13, Gio Bacareza <gbacareza at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My partner and I are moving in together and we'd like to share expenses
> like groceries, rent, etc. So we'd like to track expenses as well as our
> appropriate contributions to make sure that we both are contributing
> equally to house expenses.
>
> How should I set up the contribution? Under what main account type should
> it be? Any recommendations?
>
>
I'm in a similar situation.  I have a file for my own accounts and one for
joint finances with my partner.

In the joint books, I track our individual contributions as income (to the
household), and everything else just as you would normally.  In my personal
books, my contribution to the household is an expense.


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