Cash Distributions (Cash Chains)
When you withdraw cash and then hand it out to multiple people or purposes — a contractor, a worker, a supply run — a Cash Distribution lets you track the whole chain instead of losing track of where the cash went. Internally this is sometimes called a "cash chain": one parent withdrawal, and a set of child disbursements that account for where the money actually went.
This is the workflow farmland and construction NRIs use most — labor and vendor payments in India are frequently cash, with no bank record on their own.
Example
You withdraw ₹1,00,000 in cash. Over the next week you:
- Pay the contractor ₹40,000
- Buy supplies for ₹15,000
- Give a worker ₹10,000
Instead of four disconnected transactions, you record one parent Cash Distribution for ₹1,00,000 and three child disbursements. Rokada tracks the running total and shows you ₹35,000 still unaccounted for — cash you've withdrawn but haven't yet logged where it went.
How to record one
- Add a transaction for the full cash withdrawal and classify it as Cash Distribution.
- Open the transaction and choose Split as cash disbursements.
- Add each payment as a child disbursement — vendor/payee, amount, and date.
- Rokada shows the remaining float as you go. A distribution is marked Fully Accounted once the disbursements add up to the full withdrawal amount; until then it shows as Open.
Disbursements can't exceed the parent withdrawal amount — Rokada blocks a save that would put the chain over 100%. You also can't delete a parent Cash Distribution while it still has disbursements attached; delete or reassign the disbursements first.
Where to find it
The Distributions tab (part of the main Transactions/Inbox view) lists every Cash Distribution across your projects, so you can see at a glance which withdrawals are still Open.
See also
- The Inbox — where you review and classify transactions, including Cash Distributions
- Transaction Types Explained — how Distribution fits alongside Income, Expense, Remittance, and Transfer