Then I really don't understand. If I eat in a restaurant, it will depend on how I pay for the meal. If I use cash or a credit card, checking won't be involved at all. If I use a debit card, it will be a 'Withdrawal' from the checking account and a 'Tot expense' to the Eating out account. But I have checking set up as a 'Bank' Account, not as an 'Asset' account. Maybe that is the difference.
Will On 2020 Nov 7, at 11-07 18:42:21, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: Nope. Credit checking and debit expense. -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On November 7, 2020 7:27:04 PM "w...@theprescotts.com" <w...@theprescotts.com> wrote: > IANA (I am no accountant), but don't you have the credit/debit reversed on > the example Assets:Checking and Expenses:Eating out. > > I would think it would be debit to checking (withdrawal) and a credit to > Eating out. Maybe I don't know what Cr and Dr stand for. > > Will > > On 2020 Nov 7, at 11-07 15:49:52, Gal <galb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The most requested feature in gnucash is to have transaction classification, > also known as tags / dimensions / categories / classes > https://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1543027-transaction-classifications > > Say I spend 100€ at a restaurant during a vacation in Italy. > The obvious transaction is a 100€ credit to checking account and 100€ debit > to Expenses:Eating out > But I would also like to be able to track the vacation expenses, so I have > to classify all transactions took place during the vacation, for example > with a #italy2020 tag. > > Summarizing all discussions I've read, there are two common workarounds, or > ways to manually implement classification in gnucash: > > 1. By adding the tag #italy2020 to the description, note or memo field of > the transaction. > The transaction report can then filter transactions by the tag string. > > 2. By creating an additional account, called italy2020, and change the > transaction splits in the following way: > Cr. Assets:Checking 100€ > Dr. Tags:italy2020 100€ > -- > Cr. Tags:italy2020 100€ > Dr. Expenses:Eating out 100€ > > > Those of you who implement such taggings, can you share your method, and why > you prefer your method over the other? > > > > -- > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
