On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:48:06 -0800,
John Hendy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:41:26 PM UTC-6, Martin Blais wrote:
> >
> > - Merging new transactions with previous transactions imported from the 
> > other side (e.g. a payment from a bank account to pay off on'es credit card 
> > will typically be imported from both the bank AND credit card accounts; you 
> > must merge the corresponding transactions together)
> >
> 
> Definitely. Moneydance allowed me to input an account, which would "link" 
> the transaction. Then I'd have to delete or merge the other account's 
> record of the same transaction.

One needn’t actually merge these. Here is what I do:

2015/12/31 Credit card payment
  Assets:Checking                                           -$100
  Transfer:AC->LCC                                           $100

2016/01/01 Payment received
  Liabilities:CreditCard                                     $100
  Transfer:AC->LCC                                          -$100

Some kind person on the list pointed out this technique a while ago.

This makes import easier and allows for a difference in transit time. All
Transfer:* accounts should balance to $0, so you have an additional check that
everything is balancing out.

best, Erik
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