[GNC] Can someone confirm if this split transaction is correct?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 18:56, Mark Penner via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

>
> Dec 12, 2022 10:26:24 Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk>:
>
> > Now I'm a bit lost on what I should be doing.
> >
> > When I create the invoice
> >
> > Business -> Customer -> ,New Invoice,
> >
> > a copy of which I will send to the customer, I don't want the PayPal
> > fees
> > showing. So I post the invoice without the PayPal fees showing. That is
> > going into
> >
> > Assets -> Accounts Receivable -> PayPal (GPB)
> > (the name might have changed slightly since when I originally posted,
> > but
> > the functionality should be obvious)
> >
> > After that, to process the payment
> >
> > Business -> Customer -> Process Payment
> >
> > I can only select one transfer account, which is not what I want to do.
> >
> > What item(s) on the menu should I be using to make the correct debits
> > and
> > credits to move the money into the PayPal account and the expenses
> > account
> > from the Accounts Receivable -> PayPal (GPB)?
>
> When I process payment, I choose my PayPal account, then edit the
> transaction by adding a split for the fee and subtracting the fee from
> the debit to PayPal. Don't change the Accounts Receivable split.
> If someone has a better solution, I would like to hear it too.
>
> Mark
>
So at one point your PayPal account has the full amount, then you split
that, so the fees are removed? From what Derik Atkins wrote earlier





*You should have three splits.  You entered 4 splits (two splits into
Assets:PayPal:GBP).  That's why it's showing up twice. Instead, you should
merge those into a single split of 906-38.26, because your Asset account
really only increased by 867.74* "

I interpreted that as meaning the PayPal account should never show the full
amount. I've been trying to find a way around to do that, but failing
miserably.

Dave