[RFE] Reimbursement transaction, that isn't income

[suvayu]

Hi,

Firstly, great app! Clean and simple, thank you :). Here's my request:

Feature

Categories have 2 types, expense and income. I would like to flag some transactions as reimbursements. They are credits, but overall it simply offsets a previous expense.

Problem

Initially I tried to do this by choosing the expense category the reimbursement belongs to, but log it as income. But that is disallowed by the app.

Now I have created a separate category under income for every kind of reimbursement. But that incorrectly reports higher income in the overall summary view (the view with the pie chart), kinda defeating the purpose.

Suggestion

One possible remedy could be ability to exclude transactions from the summary. Then I can file all reimbursement under one category, but that does not skew the totals in the overview.

Examples

• shared expenses, e.g. in a flat share
• reimbursement from your employer

[emavgl]

Hi, I see the issue here, but I don't have a clean solution. What I normally do is that I go removing the amount refunded from the original expenses. Or treating it as I come category called "Refund".

[suvayu]

Thanks for the quick response, I'm trying out both approaches. Not really sure which I works for me better. I'll try out both, and see how that goes. Thanks again for creating the app :).

[hak12345]

I think it would be nice if you could add one more head say "adjustments" where anything other than income or expense could be recorded (say reimbursements , investments etc). The balance would be computed like this:
Balance = Income - expenses + adjustments

This way the app won't get too bloated and at the same time reflect an accurate expense and income stats

P.S. - thanks a lot for the app :) . This is probably the best money management app for android currently in the market.