And WITH PREJUDICE too, except Money won't let you.

Susan

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Is the "Credit Card Payment/Transfer" category you are using an EXPENSE
category or the SPECIAL category?

You should use one of the SPECIAL categories, either "Credit Card
Payment: <accountname> " or "Transfer: <accountname> " and transactions 1
and 3 should be the same transaction, reflected in both accounts.

Comments below. See also http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=167.

"Dave" <Dave[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7AE382DE-EA48-475C-847F-014C6746912D[at]microsoft.com...
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"Best Practices" usage, requiring Advanced Register, reduces #2 and 3 to one
transaction implicating both accounts. Details below.

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Credit Card Payments/Transfer as an expense category is evil and needs to be
deleted. Use Transfer:[name of cc acct] or Credit Card Payment:[name of cc
acct] in its place.

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Exactly why you want the two transactions instead of three.

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I think you see the exact problem and the solution quite clearly. Essential
Register equates to paper checkbook register. It's useless for any real
analysis or tracking of your composite financial situation. I recommend
turning on Advanced Register for all accounts. Then convert the pairs of
transactions that are payments to accounts and credits of these payments in
accounts (categorized as "Credit Card Payments/Transfer") to one Transfer
and one voided transaction. The DELETE WITH MALICE the pre-defined expense
category "Credit Card Payments/Transfer". See also
http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=53.

I am using M06 and have seen something about this on the unofficial FAQ, but
still need some further clarification. Thanks for any help on this!

Say I use my CC to buy $50 worth of food, and then make a payment to my CC
from my checking account of $50 to clear my CC debt. In Money, I end up with
3 transactions:
1) a $50 deduction from my checking account
2) a $50 charge on my CC
3) a $50 payment received on my CC.

Currently I categorize them as:
1) Credit Card Payment/Transfer
2) Groceries
3) ???? - I'm not sure what to set here, there isn't really anything
appropriate under the Income categories.

When I view an expense report it shows $100 as expenses for all of this,
when it really should just be a $50 expense and the rest is jbasically ust a
"transfer". I am running my accounts under the "Essential Account Register".
How do I resolve this and what categories do I set for CC payements sent and
received in my different accounts?

Again, thanks for any help.