[GNC] How do you record the rounding of your netpay?

[R Losey]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 3:07 AM Oleander via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> my netpay each month is rounded up to the next integer. This
> rounding in my paycheck is indicated under the voice "Actual rounding"
> then it is
> charged in the paycheck of the following month under the voice "Previous
> rounding" and the netpay, in turn, rounded up to the next integer again.
>
> Thus my net pay is gross pay minus deductions minus the amount of the
> "Previous rounding".
>
> How would you record "Previous Rounding" and "Actual Rounding"?
>
> I'd be inclined to use these accounts plus what is needed to calculate the
> rounding:
>
> Assets:Bank1:Checking €
> Income:Salary
>
> Expenses:Taxes:State €
> Expenses:Taxes:Regional €
> Expenses:Taxes:Municipal €
> Expenses:Taxes:Social Security €
> Assets:Bank1:Checking
>
> Thank you,
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Interesting question.

First, I am not an accountant.

I'd have an account for "Paycheck Rounding" (but what type to make it, I'm
not sure; possibly a Liability?), and treat it like a deduction (when they
take away from your pay-"Previous Rounding"), and an addition (when they
add it-"Actual Rounding").

If I understood what you wrote, as an example, if your gross pay is $1000
and your deductions are 15.00, 7.25, 1.25, and 7.12, your net pay would be
969.38 - if they always "round up", there would be .62 of Actual Rounding,
making the deposited amount 970.

For the next paycheck, there would be an "Previous Rounding" reversal of
0.62, leaving 968.76, with an "Actual Rounding" of 0.24, making the
deposited amount 969.

So, for the first one, you'd have a split of
   Assets: Bank1: Checking 970.00
   Income: Salary: 1000.00
   Expenses: Taxes: State 15.00
   Expenses: Taxes: City:    7.25
   Expenses: Taxes: Municipal  1.25
   Expenses: Social Security:    7.12
   Liabilities: Paycheck Rounding:  0.62 ("Actual Rounding")

If my understanding is correct, the Salary and the Paycheck Rounding would
be credits and everything else could be a debit.


The next paycheck would be
   Income: Salary: 1000.00
   Assets: Bank 1: Checking: 969.00
   Expenses: Taxes: State:  15.00
   Expenses: Taxes: City:     7.25
   Expenses: Taxes: Municipal: 1.25
   Expenses: Social Security: 7.12
   Liabilities: Paycheck Rounding: 0.62 (reversing last paycheck's rounding
["Previous Rounding"])
   Liabilities: Paycheck Rounding: 0.24 ("Actual Rounding")

As before, the Salary would be a credit and the Assets & Expense accounts
would be debits... the Paycheck Rounding for "Previous Rounding" would be a
debit of 0.62, and the entry for the Actual Rounding (0.24) would be a
credit.


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