[GNC] two lines for every entry

[Adrien Monteleone]

Read my other replies.

Every transaction has entries in two accounts (hence ‘double entry accounting’)

The first few chapters of the guide won’t take long and will alleviate much potential frustration that would ensue if you try to wing it.

GnuCash is not so complicated to use that you need to take a bookkeeping course, but you do have to abide its workflow, just like any other app. (including spreadsheets)

(knowledge of accounting doesn’t hurt, but you can just pay a CPA for that part if you like)

Regards,
Adrien

> On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:55 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
>>> David
>>>    On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 10:45, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
>>>    <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>    Hi All,
>>>    On a credit card account, when ever I enter a charge and press
>>>    enter, I get a second line with the charge amount entered into
>>>    the payments column.  If I delete the payment line, it deletes
>>>    the charge line too.
>>>    <editorial comment> AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! </editorial comment>
>>>    What the h***.  ("Heck", what did you think I meant?)
>>>    Many thanks,
>>>    -T
>>> 
> 
> On 4/10/19 10:43 PM, David T. wrote:
>> Todd,
>> I strongly suggest you read the Guide-- especially the chapters that cover double entry accounting and other basics.
> 
> Should I attend a class in book keeping too?
> 
> I just want to know how to use the d*** thing.
> 
> I am starting to think I may be better off using a
> spreadsheet.
>