On 10/13/2022 1:46 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
I agree.
Some years ago, there were a few threads here that delved into various
means of implementing an envelope method in GnuCash and my personal
take-away was, while it can be done, the only sane method is lots of
work. (you mention a not so
I agree.
Some years ago, there were a few threads here that delved into various
means of implementing an envelope method in GnuCash and my personal
take-away was, while it can be done, the only sane method is lots of
work. (you mention a not so sane method, or rather, one that could
quickly
The moment you split a large deposit between multiple sub-accounts you have
fragmented the correspondence between the bank statement and your books. And,
as you note, transferring funds between the sub-accounts introduces
transactions that have nothing whatsoever to do with the account as the
Similarly, my Living Revocable Trust is a single savings account at the
credit Union. In GnC it is a placeholder account with the following
sub-accounts:
Sinking Fund
Emergency Fund
General Fund
Likewise, the non-trust account is a checking account that has two
sub-accounts:
I strongly -- but respectfully -- disagree.
Gnucash works *brilliantly* for a sub-accounting use case with a single
bank account at a financial institution comprised of multiple sub-accounts.
For example, until my children were old enough/mature enough to have their
own savings accounts at our
