account balances

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

I dont think I understand what you want to do..  You've got a credit
card account and as you make charges against it you apply a credit
to the account and debit expenses... Then when you pay the credit card
you debit the CC account and credit your checking account.

If you already have a balance on your card but you don't want to
declare the actual expense, then you should just create an opening balance
transaction from your equity account (credit CC and debit equity).

But I'm still not sure I understand what you're trying to do....

-derek

James Bowes <j_bowes at telus.net> writes:

> Hi all.
>
> First of let me mention a big thanks for such a nice app! Once I become
> more proficient with it I will probably appreciate it even more...
>
> As a new user of GC, I have a simple trouble. for instance, I would like
> to enter numbers directly into my credit card setup to show a current
> balance. eg: somecard $1000.00.
>
> I do not see how to accomplish this with entering the numbers into a
> charge field or similar first. That's good though not what I am
> needing/wanting to do. I'd like to start with a total $ amount owing on
> a card and then be able to show payments made against it.
>
> Perhaps I do not see a simple a way to do this? 
>
> I welcome any and all responses from other users regarding the above.
>
> Thanks very much.
> -- 
> James Bowes <j_bowes at telus.net>
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