I generally use a two step process. First the cheque goes into “undeposited cheques”. And the appropriate income account is credited. Then when I make a deposit I may be depositing cash and multiply cheques in a single transaction with the bank account as destination.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 17, 2022, at 12:10 PM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Mon, January 17, 2022 10:51 am, Mahon Finbar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> My wife got a cheque (or check if you insist) and lodged it in her bank >> account. >> >> I want to enter it as a deposit to her a/c. It only seems to accept >> Assets:Current Assets:Cash in Wallet as a transfer entry without >> entering two transactions - deposit and withdrawal.... >> >> Since the amount will be credited to the a/c "cash in wallet" somehow >> doesn't seem right? >> >> Is there a 'proper' way to enter a cheque lodgement? > > Just like any other deposit.... You debit your checking/bank account for > the amount of the check, and then credit the amount from wherever the > funds are coming from, like Income:Salary, Income:Gifts Received, etc. > > Why did she get a check? What was it paying for? That will help you > decide where the credit the funds. > >> Finbar > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
