> On Wed, 31 May 2000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > I now see the following possibility:
> >
> > One transaction, that
> > debits the chequing account by $200, memo groceries
> > debits the chequing account $10, memo cash
> > debits the chequing account $90, memo allowances
> > credits the allowance account $90,
> > credits the cash account $210
> >
> > This way the Quicken splits become gnucash splits in the same accounts.
> > And Quicken splits that are associated with a category end up associated
> > with the appropriate account.
>
> I'm not sure that I follow your logic here. Look at it from another view:
>
> Credit Allowance $ 90
> Debit Chequing $300
> Credit Cash $200 groceries
> Credit Cash $ 10 cash
except that you lose the memo "allowances".
>
> This seems to me to be closer to the transaction items that you would
> actually realize.
I'd be just as happy with your version as mine.
It's just that I don't clearly see how your version generalises to situations
where both ends of the transaction have been split in Quicken.
>
> I suspect that the bank only knows that you withdrew $300.
> >From an accounting view, you have chosen to credit part of that to the
> Allowance account and the rest to the Cash account. You are using the memo
> field to represent subaccounts Cash:Groceries and Cash:Petty_Cash.
>
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