Am 11.02.2019 um 22:15 schrieb Michael or Penny Novack: > On 2/11/2019 2:40 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: >> Hi, >> >> my general rule of thumb is to always entering from an asset or >> liability account. >> > The proper "general rule" for a (one side) split transaction is to > enter it from the side (debit or credit) that is NOT being split. That > this is most often either and asset or a liability account just the > consequence of that most often the side of the transaction not being split. > > Starting with an account on the side of the transaction being split will > make entry almost as difficult as entering a transaction that is split > on both sides. > > You need an example? Say you are paying for your share of an expense X > and the person you are sharing with allows you to pay part in cash and > owe the rest. You would begin this split from the expense account (the > credit side being split between cash (asset) and loan (liability) >
This I would enter as either three transactions: By expense to liabilities $100 By liabities to cash $50 By liabilities to loan $50 or if I assume that the loan exists even before I pay in cash: By expense to loan $100 By loan to cash $50 Also who wants to change accounts all the time. If I recording cash transactions I don’t go into revenue or expense accounts but stick with cash. I my examples above several expense/liability transactions would occur before I even would post the cash transaction. Kind regards Christian Kluge _______________________________________________ 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.
