Rob/Steve, That would be a great feature. Richard Godfrey-McKay Tel: (01738) 445 880 Mobile: 07791-452593 _____ From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Zielinski Sent: 04 June 2009 14:44 To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [moneytalks] Re: REQUEST FOR FIX Rob, Could an option be placed such that a person can choose to have categories which are the same and also involve both credits and debits tallied up in the ctrl-b option dialog. For instance. A credit/debit summary, ctrl-b might look like this: Credits: Ian) 25.00 total 1 item Debits: Ian 107.00 total 1 item Credit Total: 25.00 Debit Total: 107.00 Net Total for Ian: -82.00 Then the report could move on to the next payee/payer name, only giving a net total if the same category were used and that payee/payer had both credits and debits associated with it. The program wouldn't do a net total for the payee/payer unless the same category item were used for both credits and debits to that person. And this option could be allowed or disallowed through a checkbox item in the preferences, or where ever you currently have that type of choice right now, I can't recall. Best, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Godfrey-McKay <mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: [moneytalks] Re: REQUEST FOR FIX Hi Rob, Well, I suppose that there's an argument for doing it either way. I use MT for my personal accounts, but also to keep a basic track of income and outgoings for a small charity. I should like to be able to take the category summary info and use it in the preparation of the end-of-year accounts for the charity. Would it be possible to have an option to select how this info was processed? Incidentally, I think that MT is probably the most useful programme I've had in ages. Thanks. Richard Godfrey-McKay Tel: (01738) 445 880 Mobile: 07791-452593 _____ From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Meredith Sent: 02 June 2009 15:36 To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [moneytalks] Re: REQUEST FOR FIX Richard: Unfortunately, we don?t really consider this broken. Rather, we believe that it is better to use different categories for debits and credits. In short, all values in category calculations are considered to be positive as you have discovered. This allows categories for debits to be positive. For example, your medical expenses for 2009 should appear as $400, not -$400 in the summaries. Is this the wrong way of looking at this? Rob From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:08 AM To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [moneytalks] REQUEST FOR FIX following some valuable input from Steve, I'm writing to ask if consideration could be given to fix a problem I have with MT. The problem is that, if I have debits and credits in the same category, when I do a category summary, the figures are just added - irrespective of whether they are debits or credits. For example, if I spend £100 on electricity, and then get a refund of £20, the electricity category shows £120 not £80. I think that this would be a valuable feature, unless there's currently a way of doing this which isn't too fiddly. Thanks, Richard Richard Godfrey-McKay Tel: (01738) 445 880 Mobile: 07791-452593 __________ NOD32 4123 (20090602) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4123 (20090602) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com