Splasm Software Discussions

how does one register a cash debit or deposit?
must one pretend that all ones transactions are in cheque or card form?
one buys luncheon meat for ones corgis from dave the mental butcher, and he only deals with cash.

the queen of england.

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mi dinero su dinero!

One jests, surely. It's a "checkbook" for heavens sake.

one thought it would also accept cash transactions
it takes card transactions, after all.

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mi dinero su dinero!

Perhaps I don't understand your question. A cash debit from WHAT? A cash deposit to WHAT? You mean like putting money in your bank account or removing cash via an ATM or over-the counter withdrawal? Or do you mean recording stuff you paid for with cash out of your pocket? You want Checkbook to keep track of your petty cash? Nickels and dimes? Oy.

I don't try to keep track of all my cash transactions, however I do have a category of Cash in my budget. When I go to my bank and get cash, normally from an ATM, I record the transaction as a deduction and place it in the Cash category.

The rare time I get cash I just keep it and don't record it at all. The effect is that maybe that month I don't withdraw any cash from my account.

Hope this helps.

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Wayne Dreier

Using OS X 10.5.1

Sorry, but I guess I'm just thick. I don't understand your issue.

When I get cash from the ATM, it's deducted and that's the end of it. It goes into my pocket and I spend it as needed. It has nothing to do with my checking account after the ATM spits it out. I pay the gas station attendant, the butcher, the barber, the candlestick maker -- whoever. Any loose change at the end of the day goes into a bowl with the odd cents and occasional fractional Euros, which I still have to figure out how to get rid of.

IF I wanted to keep track of the butcher expense for some reason, I would have to enter both a credit and a debit for the butcher's account, labeled appropriately, BUT, since it's cash out of pocket, it would just confuse the checkbook and I'd NEVER be able to reconcile it.

Perhaps the butcher would accept a debit card. Or trade in the corgis.

That's it. I'm outta here on this one.