Newbie Transactions entry

[David T.]

Try looking at: http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.4/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_txns.html

HTH,
David

On Apr 29, 2013, at 11:37 AM, "John R. Sowden" <jsowden at americansentry.net> wrote:

> I must really be smokin' somethin.  In the Journal entries, the credits and debits should be reversed.
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>> I have tried several times over the recent years to use gnucash. The big hangup is transaction data entry.  I seems that the data entry user interface was made to be like one of the Intuit products.
>> I have seen several help programs discuss this issue, but I was only able to learn "do not press <enter> until the transaction is complete".
>> My OS is Ubuntu 13.04
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>> Could someone give me a sequence of keystrokes to execute the below typical transactions.
>> Please note: our accounting method is cash accounting, not accrual.
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>> tia,
>> John
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>> 
>> Sample Transactions:
>> Pay a Bill:
>> 01/01/2013   Check #6454   Local Garbage Company         Memo: Jan - Mar Service
>> CR Cash-Local Bank              Account No. 111.0        $   90.00
>> DR Utilities                    Account No. 644.0        $   90.00
>> 
>> Pay an employee:
>> 01/02/2013    Check #6555     Harry Smith                Memo: Payroll
>> CR Cash-Local Bank              Account No. 111.0        $ 1200.00
>> DR Salaries-Field Workers       Account No. 601.1        $ 1500.00
>> DR Fed Income Tax With.         Account No. 211.0        $  100.00
>> DR State Income tax With.       Account No. 212.0        $   50.00
>> DR Social Security With.        Account No.: 213.0       $   50.00
>> DR Medicare With.               Account No. 214.0        $   50.00
>> DR State Disability With.       Account No. 215.0        $   50.00
>> 
>> Journal Entry:
>> 03/30/2013    J0004                (no payee name)       Memo: Post Quarter's Vehicle Depreciation
>> CR  Depreciation-Vehicles       Account No. 602.3        $  300.00
>> DR  Vehicles-Accum Deprec.      Account No. 120.1        $  300.00
>> CR Depreciation-Office Eq.      Account No. 602.6        $  125.00
>> DR Office Equip-Accum Dep.      Account No. 121.1        $  125.00
>> 
>> Report:
>> List all transactions for a vendor (or all vendors)
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