[GNC] Should GNUCash allow a split to reference the same account twice

[Stan Brown]

On 2023-07-21 08:51, Henry Law wrote:
> But, thinking about it, the problem that I ran across was that the two
> splits in the offending transaction had ended up with a CR and a DB for
> the same amount to the same account; it was a null transaction.  I
> hesitate to say this, having been proved thoroughly wrong before, but
> surely there can't be a reason to want a transaction like that?

Indeed there can, though in my experience it's rarer than the other case.

Several years ago, through a miscommunication I made a purchase in
error. Since I hadn't even left the store when the charge to my credit
card was reversed, I chose not to write up the purchase and un-purchase
as two transactions. Instead I entered one transaction with two splits,
one crediting AP CapitalOne Visa and the other debiting it.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com