[GNC] Advice needed, how to handle a medical reimbursement account...

[DaveC49]

I think you are overcomplicating the issue by recording the appllication for
the refund from the MRA account. No money chnages hands at this point so you
could record paying  the Doctors bill as

Asset:Check                          Credit $100
Expense:Medical   Debit $100

When you receive the refund

Asset:Cheque      Debit $100
Asset:MRA                           Credit $100

If you really want to record applying for the refund, then the easiest way
to do it is to use the accounts payable structure.  The transactions then
become:

Asset:Check                          Credit $100
Expense:Medical   Debit $100

On claiming the refund:
Asset:Accounts Payable       Debit $100
Asset: MRA                                           Credit $100

On receiving the refund
Asset: Check                       Debit $100
Asset: Accounts Payable              Credit $100

Since Accounts Payable is usually associated with the business features, you
may want to give it another name e.g. Asset:MedicalRefundsClaimed  or
something similar, particularly if you use the business features for normal
invoices from suppliers. It is the accounts payable type structure that you
need to complete the cycle of transactions so you record having made and
received the claim.

Cheers

David Cousens




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