How do I categorize a refund in a bank account?

Question

I made a payment on the internet using my debit card.  It gets entered into the Quicken register.  Then I get a refund which gets entered into the Quicken register.  Now in "reports" I have both an expenditure and a deposit.  I'm not sure I want that kind of information. I don't want to lose the record of my expense and refund.  But I also don't want it to look like I paid for something I actually got a refund for.  I'm not sure I'm explaining this well enough for my question to be clear.  What I really want to know is how Quicken handles refunds in the register for a personal bank account.

BillPhillips · Answer

I had created a category called "refund."  That wasn't working.  It was creating confusion for me.  It looks like labeling a refund in the same category as the original expense will be the best solution.  Then I have a record of the original expenditure, but it does not count as an expense in the summary of the categories.

volvogirl · Answer

Just curious, what other category were you using?

BillPhillips · Answer

I like the idea of using the same category for the refund as used for the expense.