Dear Kmymoney users/developers,

I am not an expert in accounting and I would like some advise:
I have many operations where I pay something, and then someone pays me back (entirely or partially). I would like to mask the operation that is compensated because it appears on the report.
Example : Say my friend book a train with my credit card (labeled as Train expenses), I pay him back (labeled as Reimbursement). It will increase the budget for train where as it shouldn't!

Is it possible to mark the operation as compensated so that it is avoided in report ?

Thanks for developing this software,

Swan

You can use the same category (account) to account for the expense as well as the income (reimbursement). The two transactions will cancel each other in the category's balance.

Yes, it is what I want. But when I create a category, I mention the Name. Then Type, I have to choose between Income and Expense. How do I say it's both ?

When you create the expense you select 'Pay to' before the payee thus the transaction is a withdrawal (with the expense account). When you want to enter the reimbursement select 'From' before the payee thus the transaction is a deposit but when selecting the account select the same expense account.

1. Pay to: Payee/Category: Expense/Amount: 10
2. From: Payee/Category: Expense/Amount: 10

When you look in the ledger of the category (double click on the category from the categories view) you should see:
1. Amount 10
2. Amount: -10