PS: Re: "Imbalance-USD"

[Derek Atkins]

If there's a duplicate transfer then you didn't mark the transaction
as a duplicate during the import process.

-derek

JUNIPER <snijuniper at comcast.net> writes:

> PS: And it also shows a duplicate $2723.99 taken from my checking 
> account which did not happen, providing a balance that much off.
>
> SJ
>
> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> You didn't balance the transaction, so the system balanced it for you.
>> Go read the docs about "Double Entry Accounting".  You failed to
>> provide the balancing account, so gnucash chose one for you.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting JUNIPER <snijuniper at comcast.net>:
>>
>>>    My full Visa credit card balance is automatically taken by Chase
>>> bank from my checking account every month, so far with no problem. The
>>> latest amount ($2723.99) was taken and recorded as usual, but another
>>> entry in the exact same amount appeared just above it, on the same day,
>>> in the "Transfer" column, entitled "Imbalance-USD".
>>>    Any idea why that transaction might have suddenly appeared (plenty
>>> of money in account)? I presume I can just delete it but it is peculiar
>>> because it never happened before and no changes have been made by me.
>>>    Thanks!
>>>    Steve J.

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