[GNC] Household monthly reporting

[Derek Atkins]

Add the credit card to the cash flow.
-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
On September 20, 2025 01:25:42 Ed Greenberg <edg at greenberg.org> wrote:

> I'm trying to do a household monthly report. I've considered both the
> income statement and the cash flow report. Here are my results:
>
> Income statement: Very good report, but doesn't include the principal
> and escrow portions of my mortgage payment. Only the interest. So the
> P&L doesn't tell me if I'm overspending.
>
> Cash flow report: I set this for my checking account. The cash flow in
> and out shows what I spent out of my checking account, including
> mortgage principal, interest and escrow,  but much of my spending was on
> a credit card. I pay the entire credit card balance, so it shows up as a
> cash flow item, but there is no itemization. If I were carrying a
> balance, I'd have more of a problem using this to manage my spending.
>
> So what I want is a report of all my spending: credit card, checking
> account, one liability debit (mortgage loan) and one asset debit
> (mortgage escrow.) This would show me whether I had overspent my income
> or not, and by how much.
>
> Is this even possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Greenberg
>
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