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Book account

With a book account on a transaction, Spendle automatically creates a counter-entry on another account. Useful for transfers to a savings account, credit card settlements, or cash withdrawals going to a cash account.

Example: €100 is transferred from the current account to the savings account. By entering the savings account as the book account on the -€100 transaction, a counter-entry of +€100 is automatically generated on the savings account.

Example of a book account filled in on a transaction

The book account option is hidden by default. Enable it under More > Settings > Show book account (Always show book account in transaction details).

  1. Open a transaction in the Transactions tab.

  2. Enter the account under Book account to which the counter-entry should go.

  3. Save. Spendle automatically creates a counter-entry on that account.

Recurring transfers — for example a monthly savings contribution — can be counter-posted automatically via an action rule:

  1. Open More > Administration > Action rules and click + New rule.

  2. Set the condition — for example description contains “to savings account”.

  3. Enter the savings account under Assign → Book account.

  4. Save. Matching transactions will automatically receive the book account from now on.

The Matches tab in the rule details shows which transactions this rule affects.

To remove a book account from a transaction: open the transaction, clear the Book account field, and save. The counter-entry is then also removed. If the book account is automatically assigned by a rule, also update the rule (Assigned link at the bottom left of the transaction).