Newbie Split Transaction Problem
Paul Warthe
warthes7 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 13 18:53:18 EST 2014
Thanks for your reply John. I realized that I did not explain everything enough. I am following the example in the tutorial, entering the same values in the same cells. GnuCash moves them over to the cells I show in my results. It also recalculates and enters the values you see. Jcard21, this may be the things that don't seem right to you. I wasn’t aware screen shots could be posted to this list. I will see what I can do about posting one.
I appreciate your help guys.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 5:10 PM
To: Paul Warthe
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Newbie Split Transaction Problem
> On Dec 13, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Paul Warthe <warthes7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a newbie trying to work through the examples in the Help: Tutorial
> and Concepts Guide. I'm using version 2.6.3 built from git rev
> 166cbb7+ on 2014-04-01.
>
> My current problem is with split transactions. The program is not
> working the way it is described in the guide. Under the chapter
> "Transactions" "The Account Register" there is the example of entering
> a paycheck as a split transaction. Figure 4.1 shows: (my apologies in
> advance if the following doesn't line up in columns as does in the
> program.)
>
> Description Tot Deposit Tot Withdrawal
> Balance
> Employers R Us 670.00
> 1,624.79
> After Tax Assets: Checking 670.00
> Federal Tx Expenses:Taxes:Federal 180.00
> Medicare Expenses:Taxes:Medicare 90.00
> Social Security Expenses:Taxes:Social 60.00
> Before Tax Income:Salary 1,000.00
>
>
> When I attempt to enter this information, being careful not to use the
> "Enter" key, I end up with:
>
> Description Tot Deposit Tot Withdrawal
> Balance
> Employers R Us 670.00
> 1,624.79
> After Tax Assets: Checking 670.00
> Imbalance 940.00
> Federal Tx Expenses:Taxes:Federal 490.00
> Medicare Expenses:Taxes:Medicare 90.00
> Social Security Expenses:Taxes:Social 30.00
> Before Tax Income:Salary 1,000.00
>
> Also, when I am entering my data, I see small, greyed out boxes with an "X"
> in them appear in the upper left corner of the cells. They disappear
> when I enter the transaction.
>
> Can anyone suggest what I may be doing wrong?
You’re putting the expenses in the wrong column.
The little grey boxes are warning you that the transaction is out of balance; when you save it GnuCash creates the imbalance split to automatically balance it.
Regards,
John Ralls
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