For a one off for a personal account i would record it as follows. You will not normally be notified by the bank when the bank cheque is cleared so there is little point in having a clearing account as you might for personal cheques. As Mike points out it isor may be a negotiable instrument and may not necessarily be cashed by the receiver. That is not really your concern only the receiver's and the banks. The only other possibility is that many banks will charge a fee for issuing a bank cheque:
DR CR Asset:Checking Account xxxx Expense:Bank Fees yyyy Expense:Repairs zzzz where xxxx = yyyy+ zzzz and zzzz is the amount of the bank check. I would record in the Description and/or memo fields for the expense that it was a bank cheque and the bank cheque number and you would record your own cheque number made out to the bank as you would normally for any other check. Recording the details is useful should the bank cheque not be cashed by the recipient - unlikely if a business but it has happened in cases where it has been posted to someone and not been received. The bank can track down if it was cashed and by whom if necessary. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- 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.