Using the Department Tag
This Solution provides instructions for splitting single items across Departments or profit centers. (3228)
Keeping in mind that an entire transaction is attributed to one Department, you may want to split shared expenses, such as phone bills, across multiple Departments.
Use the General Journal tool will give you more control. Each Posting on a General Journal has its own Department Tag. Making a periodic, summary correction often makes more sense (two offsetting entries to the same Category, "from" one Department, "to" another).
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