I track gift cards as assets, under Current Assets On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Paul W. <pfwoolver...@juno.com> wrote:
> I am seeking guidance on methods to track items such as gift cards, gift > certificates, merchant cards, bank reward cards, and store-credit cards > for returned purchases. > > On the one hand, these items are a form of income. As such, I could track > them as income. > On the other hand, I use these items they way I use a credit card to make > purchases. As such, I could track them as a credit card. > Are there other hands with other methods? > > I am looking for a simple, consistent method for all of these items so > that I can easily track when I received the item and its initial value, and > track the expenditures. I want to keep all of these items in the same part > of my account tree. Rigorous, double-entry accounting is not essential. > Imbalance on one side of a transaction is OK. > > What are the pros and cons of the various methods to track these items? > > ____________________________________________________________ > Actress Tells All: "I Felt Bloated, Tired...Now I Know Why" > ActivatedYou > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/597f9255edc1c12556933st01vuc > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
