Help understanding Split transactions concepts.

Question

Can someone help me understand category lines in a split transaction.

* net pay $899.44
*  Fed Tax Withholding  $200.00
* State Tax withholding $48.00

How is this supposed to look in the Split transaction? I want to be able to use those split transactions to be able to report and see net and gross pay in a report. See my snapshot-

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Rocket J Squirrel · Accepted Answer

Line 1 should be gross pay. Lines 2 & 3 should be negative numbers to represent the withholdings. The net is the sum of the 3 split lines and that's what gets deposited into your account.

volvogirl · Accepted Answer

And you probably have other deductions like Social Security, Medicare or FICA.   And heath ins or 401K, etc.