Hi Randix; you can try using the Business features and see if they work for you, or use an intermediary 'asset'-type account (or more accurately, account receivable).
1-Jan: Income:MRA -$1000 Asset:MRA +$1000 5-Jan: visit Doctor123 Asset:Checking -$100 Expense:Medical +$100 10-Jan: submit claim (invoice the customer 'MRA') Asset:MRA -$100 Asset:A/Receivable +$100 20-Jan: receive reimbursement (process payment) Asset:A/Receivable -$100 Asset:Checking +$100 HTH On 14 May 2018 at 10:07, randix <butterands...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion. > > Unless I'm misunderstanding, what you propose would work fine if one was > not > interested in keeping track of the current balance(s) in the various MRA > accounts. I need to keep track of the balances, as I need to know which > MRA > account still has credit balances to which I can submit claims. > > So, for example, using your suggestion... > > 1. On January 1, 2018, I'm notified that I have received $1,000 which has > been deposited in my XYZ MRA Account (keep in mind, these are not funds > that > have been actually sent to me, rather they have been deposited in an > account > set up in my name). I have an ASSET account in the name of XYZ MRA, so on > January 1, 2018, when notified of the deposit, I make a "deposit" in that > asset account in the amount of $1,000, and offset it with $1,000 in an > income account titled MRA income (so I can keep track of MRA funds that > have > been credited to me in all MRA accounts). > > 2. On January 5, 2018, I pay out of my checking account the sum of $100.00 > to Doctor 123, the offsetting entry is expense:health:medical > > 3. Using your suggestion, on January 10, 2018 when I file a claim for > reimbursement of the $100.00, I debit the ASSET XYZ MRA account, so it now > has a balance of $900.00, and credit the $100.00 in my > expense:health:medical account. All good. > > 4. *The issue is what happens when I actually receive the reimbursement in > my checking account. * > > 4.1 You said, "Receive reimbursement. Deposit into checking account. Debit > checking, credit MRA". Not exactly clear what you meant, except that I get > you want a credit to end up in the MRA account. But doing so, will bring > the balance of the MRA account back up to $1,000 when we know there's only > $900 in there...if that account had a zero balance to start with, your > debit/credit approach would work fine. But I need to have it track the > balances. > > Suggestion? My head is starting to spin :) > > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.