Sometimes we come to a supermarket to purchase more than one thing. In certain cases we might buy items that belong to different categories. We pay at POS with a credit card, and get a single record in the bank log. Say, $84.23 spent in Auchan. Here the dilemma comes. How to make the record in your accounting tool? Make a record per category? Like this: $21.12 for foodstuff $35.15 for closing $27.96 for electronic devices But you would loose the bank-transaction value of $84.23. And, if in the future you need to search for the value (checking whether all transaction have been recorded into your accounting tool), you won't find this "$84.23". It simply wouldn't exist in the expenses records. Another option is to make a single transaction of $84.23. But what expense should it be? Food? Electronics? Ideally would be to keep the initial value of $84.23, and have the split expenses. Something link this: Then you can find your transaction by its b