in gnucash version 1.4.8 When entering a large value into the 'deposit' field, any value larger than 2,147,483,647.00 is silently clamped to this value. This is mysterious (why that value?) (I know why, but users don't) and is an 'artificial limit' since the engine can handle numbers larger than 32 bits. I'm writing this message here until a formal bug-tracker is in place ... --linas