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"April" <noreply@mail.com> wrote in message
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>> Make sure you're using Advanced Register. Turn on Transaction Forms.
>> Select categories in the "Category" box. Click the "Split" button if you
>> have multiple items to enter.
>
> I cannot understand in what circumstance a "Charge" would be split.

E.g., buy gas and some groceries at the convenience store on one charge
ticket. Buy groceries and some bus passes at the grocery store on one charge
ticket. Buy clothes and a DVD player at WalMart on one charge ticket.

>> When you return an item, use the same expense category as when you
>> bought it. Money will complain that you are using an expense category
>> for a credit transaction, but that's what you want. I suppose you could
>> create special credit transactions, but that'd be a lot of work.
>
> The problem I have is that the items on the "Credit" column do not have a
> "Split" button.

I'm not sure where you are referring to. Use Advanced Register. Turn off
Transaction Forms.

> I assume the above items fall under the Household Expenses category but
> what there was Education: Course expense? I am not clear as to which
> category to put this under?

Education? There is no One Right Answer. Make categories work for YOU.

> At the moment I have setup the following "Credit Card 1" setup with
> subcategories of Courses, Food - Going Out, Food - Groceries. I am yet to
> setup a few more...

There may be a fundamental misunderstanding here. CATEGORIES in Money are
for WHY we spend and/or receive. ACCOUNTS are for HOW we spend and/or
receive. So, I'd have a "DiscoverCard" ACCOUNT and enter transactions in it
for my "Food" CATEGORY "Groceries" SUBCATEGORY expenses. If I bought some
groceries from cash in my wallet I'd use the "Pocket Change" ACCOUNT and the
exact same "Food" CATEGORY "Groceries" SUBCATEGORY. That way the accounts
just reflect the flow of money and the categories reflect why it went where
it went regardless of how the cash moved.