REVERSING TRANSACTIONS

[David Carlson]

David,

The other side of the comment that I would add is that the reversing
transaction is automatically dated Today with no reference added to show
the date of the original transaction, so if the transaction is stale, it
may be hard to find later.

David C

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> David,
>
> if greater than 0 it should avert editing of transactions older than
> threshhold days.
>
> Tooltip:
> "Choose the number of days after which transactions will be read-only
> and cannot be edited anymore. This threshold is marked by a red line in
> the account register windows. If zero, all transactions can be edited
> and none are read-only."
>
> HTH
> Frank
>
> Am 24.04.2017 um 14:15 schrieb David T.:
> > Frank,
> >
> > I’m not sure I understand why a reference to that setting would be
> needed here. Could you explain your thinking?
> >
> > David
> >
> >> On Apr 24, 2017, at 4:24 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger <
> frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Am 21.04.2017 um 17:57 schrieb David T. via gnucash-user:
> >>> Maf.,
> >>>
> >>> Nice definition. Mind if I add it to the Glossary?
> >>
> >> Yes, and point the reader to "File Properties->Accounts->Day Treshold
> >> for REad-Only Transactions"
> >>
> >> Frank
> >>
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>>
> >>>> On Apr 21, 2017, at 8:16 PM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Friday, 21 April 2017 15:35:20 BST Jonathan Silvey wrote:
> >>>>> Can anyone tells me where I can find out what a 'reversing
> transaction' is?
> >>>>> I find the Help guides unhelpful because you can't use Control-F to
> find a
> >>>>> phrase.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Hi Jonathan,
> >>>>
> >>>> In formal accounting, you never delete a transaction.  If you make a
> mistake,
> >>>> you use a reversing transaction to counter your error and re-enter
> the correct
> >>>> version.
> >>>>
> >>>> Others may be able to expand on that a bit more.
> >>>>
> >>>> HTH,
> >>>> Maf.
> >>
> >
>
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