reverse debit and creit

[Jonathan Silvey]

Agreed - my recording has been unbelievable!

I can only download them as CSV or OFX, but I can't get either into a test
gnucash account. I can, of course, get csv into Excel or Calc.

I'll be opening a new set of gnucash accounts, starting on April 5th, our
new tax year.


Jonathan

*Think before you print.*

On 30 March 2017 at 23:55, Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you really manually enter 3k transactions before realizing they were
> faulty?  Or, did you import them and they didn't import to your
> satisfaction?​
>
> I might try downloading those transactions from the credit card's web site,
> and in GnuCash I would test import them into a test account in a duplicate
> set of books (don't use your original  data file to test on).  See how it
> goes.  If it goes correctly, in another duplicate set of books, delete the
> offending transactions and import the correct transactions that were
> downloaded from the credit card's web site.  If that goes well, archive
> your original set of books and work from the set in which all went well.
>
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>
> Kind regards,
>
> Greg Feneis
>
>  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Jonathan Silvey <
> jonathan.silvey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Colin,
> >
> > It's only my credit card entries that are the wrong way round, due to the
> > fact that a credit card is a Liability, not an Asset. When I pay every
> > month, it's by Direct Debit, so it gets paid OK. I also record it
> > accurately in my Bank Asset account, so it is correct in the card account
> > too.
> >
> > In other words, it's not quite accurate to say ALL my entries are wrong,
> > but almost all my Tot Payment entries should be entered as Tot Charge.
> I'm
> > trying to correct this in a few clicks, not 3000+!
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > *Think before you print.*
> >
> > On 30 March 2017 at 21:15, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Please note that your post went just to me and not to the list, due to
> > the
> > > way this list is set up it is necessary to use Reply All or Reply List
> > when
> > > replying. I am forwarding it to the list, along with my further
> comment:
> > >
> > > On 30 March 2017 at 20:59, Jonathan Silvey <jonathan.silvey at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Thanks for quick reply. Maybe I did not explain correctly.
> > >>
> > >> On my Liability: Credit card, all the Tot Payments should be Tot
> Charge,
> > >> and vice versa. You are right, it doesn't balance, and this is what I
> > >> wanted to correct.!
> > >>
> > >
> > > So are all your expense accounts the wrong way round too?  Also when
> you
> > > pay off the credit card from the bank account that would have to be the
> > > wrong way round too.
> > > I can't understand how you can have been using it for so long without
> > > noticing.
> > >
> > > Colin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Jonathan
> > >>
> > >> *Think before you print.*
> > >>
> > >> On 30 March 2017 at 20:49, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On 30 March 2017 at 20:41, Jonathan Silvey <
> jonathan.silvey at gmail.com>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> I have put all my debit/credit card transactions the wrong way
> round.
> > >>>> Does
> > >>>> anyone know a way to reverse them all together at once? There are
> over
> > >>>> 3000
> > >>>> separately!
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> I don't understand how you could get debit and credit cards the wrong
> > >>> way round, but other accounts (eg bank and expense accts) the right
> way
> > >>> round. Nothing would balance.
> > >>>
> > >>> Colin
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
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