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

[Boniforti Flavio]

Hi again.
I actually tried to enter all the split transactions starting in my
checking account. It looks like this (in journal view):
[image: image.png]
When I disable the journal view, I instead see three individual split
transactions:
[image: image.png]
Nevertheless, in the "shipping costs" account, I still have the amount of
35,49 entered as a "rebate" and not as an "expense". Why is this?
[image: image.png]
F.

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Am Fr., 22. Nov. 2024 um 00:32 Uhr schrieb Boniforti Flavio <
boniforti.f at gmail.com>:

> Hi Michael.
> Thanks for your message.
> You mean this type of view?
> [image: image.png]
> F.
>
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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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