[GNC] How to "Reserve" money?

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:21:39 -0700 Griffin <griffin at bernevyl.com> wrote:

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> This is more accounting/procedural than about Gnucash.
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> Suppose I had an amount of money that I needed to protect so that it was available for a future occasion. What would be the "preferred" way to do this.
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> I could create the transaction in the account ledger and future date it.

That is probably the most straight forward option.  If this is a recuring 
transaction, you could use the Scheduled Transaction editor to set it up, and 
include the create-in-advance feature.

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> I could create an expense transaction, but not future date it, and then when the time comes, repay it.

You probably should NOT to this.

> I could transfer it to either an asset or liability account, and when the time comes, repay it.
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> I'd be interested in your thoughts.
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