I've set up two Cash accounts in Money 2002 named "Cash - Russell's wallet" and "Cash - (wife's name) wallet"; however, these show in the "Pick an account to use" list under the Bank Accounts section. When withdrawing cash from a Bank account (whether over the counter in a bank or from an ATM), I use a Transfer transaction in Money 2002 to debit From the bank account and credit To the cash-wallet account. Since cash taken from a bank physically goes into my wallet, this make perfect sense for me; then I can track individual expenses as a Spend or Receive in my wallet account and balance it whenever I want using the "Update ending balance" function. You can set up as many cash accounts as you feel needed for yourself or your operations (home business).
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Russell


"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mindspring.com> wrote in message news:OlTq2PufDHA.576[at]tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
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I reconcile that account every now and then to the cash I have in my pocket.
Almost always I have less cash than Money thinks. I expense the difference
against Miscellaneous:[no subcat]. If you don't reconcile it, all of the
spending you don't record gets lost forever.

See http://www.bollar.org/msmoney/#Q93 for repetition/more insight.

"jane" <takeuchigj[at]msn.com> wrote in message
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thank you for confirming the cash accounts - I assume I
would never reconcile that account - correct?

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When withdrawing the cash, make it a transfer to a 'cash' account that you
set up. Then, track the individual purchases in that account. It's a bit
easier than doing this in the cash withdrawal with a split, as you'd have to
re-edit the transaction multiple times as you spend the money.

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"Jane" <takeuchigj[at]msn.coml> wrote in message
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What would be the best way to track the cash withdrawn
from ATM's. would it be to set up a cash account and
transfer the funds? I am attempting to track the "cash"
that goes into food, household expenses and "cash" that
isa spent on fun stuff -
Currently I have been spliting up the allocation amounts -
but thought there must be a better way? any thoughts?