[Kmymoney] multiple categories distribution on internal transfers

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Sunday 05 February 2012 hugo borrell wrote:



> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for answering
> 
> 2012/2/5 Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
> 
> > That would somehow violate one of the double entry accounting principles
> > "The
> > sum of all splits in a transaction is zero". That is, if you take 10 X
> > out of
> > one account you need 10 X in sum to drop in one or more other accounts.
> > Categories are just accounts in this context.
> 
> This is why I suppose it might not be possible, though usefull to me
> 
> > > Is that possible ?
> >
> > I guess not. What are you trying to achieve?
> 
> I intent to use KMM both for personnal accotingun AND professionnal
> accounting. Since my "professionnal" accounting is fairly simple, KMM will
> definitly suit me. As for personnal accounting, I'm on my way (did I read
> somewhere how to automate categorisation according to beneficiary ? I can't
> find it anymore).
> 
> The trouble is to link both personnal AND professionnal, since taxes
> administration here ask for specific categories (like "personnal levy" and
> "personnal contribution" ) that do not let me choose wich personnal account
> has been credited (or debited) on this operation.
> 
> I still can use KMM for both in 2 different .kmy files, but I would prefer
> to join them somehow : my "pro" account is simply one of my personnal
> accounts devoted to professionnal matters, I'm not running a big business
> with different accounts !
> 
> Any idea how I can get around this ?

You could add transfer categories on the personal side. Then in case you pull 
out some money, you enter a transaction on the business account against 
personal levy and on the personal account against some income category. It's a 
bit more work but you could then draw the reports you need. Does that make 
sense?


> Thanks for considering.

You're welcome.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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