[GNC] Why is part of a split registered as "rebate" in the Transfer account?

[Boniforti Flavio]

Hi Michael.
Thanks for your message.
You mean this type of view?
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Am Fr., 22. Nov. 2024 um 00:18 Uhr schrieb Michael or Penny Novack via
gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>:

> Two things
> a) When wanting to show us a "split" transaction (more than two accounts
> affected) it would make more sense to show it in "journal mode". That's
> the way you see it when entering a split transaction, all the affected
> accounts at the same time.
>
> b) I'm not going to comment on the supposedly user friendly column
> titles except to point out that sometimes they will make little sense.
>
> Your transaction to record this sale should have been:
> Debit      Checking account      1214
> Debit      Shipping cost of sales 35.49
>
> Credit     Korg MS-20M      800
> Credit     Music Equipment sold  414
> Credit     Checking account 35.49  << if you paid the shipping by check >>
>
> What did you do wrong? Presumably you paid this shipping cost wit an
> asset 9anyway, I'm showing it that way. Because you are tracking the
> expense "shipping cost" you do not reduce income by that amount also
>
> Michael D Novack
>
> On 11/21/2024 4:52 PM, Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've just sold one of my instruments, for which I already have a
> dedicated
> > account "Assets:Current Assets:Music Equipment EUR:Korg MS-20M".
> > The opening balance for this item is 800 EUR.
> > I now sold it and I got 1214 EUR for it. So I entered 1214 in the "Total
> > Increase" column, with "Transfer" my EUR Checking account. Then I added
> > splits:
> > 800 "Total decrease" so that the item's value is 0 (as I sold it, I don't
> > have anymore its value at home) - Transfer = "Korg MS-20M" account;
> > 378,51 "Total decrease" (which is the surplus I made) - Transfer =
> > "Income:Music Equipment Sold EUR"
> > 35,49 "Total decrease", the price I paid for shipping this item to the
> > seller - Transfer = "Expenses EUR:Post:Shipping cost of sales"
> >
> > Now when I look at the last account listed, I see 35,49 in the "Rebate"
> > column and the "Expense" column is empty - which in the end results in a
> > negative total:
> > [image: image.png]
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Flavio.
> >
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> >
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