Newbie - retired and receiving pension

[Colin Law]

On 6 May 2016 at 13:21, Elmar Schmeisser <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Just starting out with gnucash after quicken "died" on its usual death
> date, and I got fed up with that.  I am slowly getting the idea of
> double entry bookkeeping, so that's a plus, I think.  My situation (USA
> residents) - we (wife and I) have 2 paychecks (W-2 produced), and 2
> pensions (1099-R produced), and will have Social Security coming in by
> the end of this year.  Where do the pensions go?  As a "paycheck" under
> "salary" like the other 2?  They would be splits (fed tax, etc. taken
> out). - Elmar

You could use Income:Pension.  You could also have Income:Social
Security, for example.  What you call them is up to you.

Colin