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

[R Losey]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 4:41 PM Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

>
> Here's a recent example where _three_ splits in a transaction referenced
> the same account. I paid for my groceries with a credit card, then
> before leaving the register I noticed that the cashier had rung up my
> two $0.49 bunches of scallions as $1.99 "Mexican onions". You'd think
> she would apologize and hand me the $3.00 difference in cash, or at
> least just credit my card the $3.00. No, she insisted on crediting the
> $3.98 mischarge, then running a new charge of the correct $0.98. The
> whole operation took upwards of ten minutes, and she apparently felt no
> apology was needed for her mistake and the wasted time.
>
> When I got home I entered the transaction like this:
> Debit:  Groceries $100.98
> Credit: AP CapitalOne Visa $103.98
> Debit:  AP CapitalOne Visa $3.98
> Credit: AP CapitalOne Visa $0.98
> with suitable notes in the memo lines. Since there would be three lines
> on my next statement, I needed three splits in GC.
>

I would have entered three separate transactions, since there were three
separate charges/reverse charges to the credit card... it makes reconciling
easier, I've found:

Debit groceries 103.98
Credit Visa 103.98

Debit Visa 3.98
Credit groceries 3.98

Debit groceries 0.98
Credit Visa 0.98

(with appropriate comments in the Notes field)

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Richard Losey
rlosey at gmail.com
Micah 6:8