Split entry in Credit account ends up as rebate in expense account

[Colin Law]

On 4 May 2012 00:47, Leon Goldman <leon244 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I tried to enter some charges in my Credit Card account as charges. I listed
> each of the split in the appropriate expense account. Basically it was a
> hotel bill and I split room, meals, taxes, etc. However the amounts got
> posted to the Expense accounts as rebates not as an expense. I cannot figure
> out what I did wrong. Thanks in advance for any help provided. I am using
> Gnucash 2.4.6

Have you entered the values in the correct colums?  In the credit card
account the amount spent should be in the middle numeric column
(headed Charge in 2.4.10, not sure about 2.4.6) and the figure into
the expense account should be in the left hand column (headed
Payment).  The Balance column in a credit card account should be
negative to show that you owe the credit card account money.

Colin