[GNC] two lines for every entry

Adrien Monteleone adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net
Thu Apr 11 13:04:32 EDT 2019


Thanks! I couldn’t sleep and was bored with news and games otherwise.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Apr 11, 2019, at 5:34 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Adrien,
> 
> 
> You are more patient than I am. I've already deleted more RTFM messages than I can count...
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 13:21, Adrien Monteleone
> <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> No, it is not automatically deducting your bank account.
> 
> If you see the bank account decrease then you aren’t entering the charged expense correctly, you’re entering a payment.
> 
> Really, I suggest you stop and pause.
> 
> READ the Help and Guide as suggested with the app open for reference.
> 
> READ over my other replies and change the preference and view settings I recommended. (you can always change them back later)
> 
> You need to see the entire data in the transaction using the formal accounting labels or you are just going to get lost, fast.
> 
> GnuCash is not an app you can just start using and intuitively guess your way through it, especially if you have no background in bookkeeping or accounting. You need to learn how to use the app first and how the app is designed to work. The Help and Guide will explain this to you.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> > On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:42 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On 4/11/19 12:33 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> >> You set up one account for the card (Liabilities: Credit Card), one for
> >> the bank (Assets: Bank) and then you have as many set up as you want for
> >> expenses.
> >> When you buy something, charge the card and have the "other" account be
> >> Expenses: Groceries, Expenses: Gasoline, etc.  Whatever you want as long
> >> as the "other" account is some kind of expense account.
> >> When you pay the credit card, it comes from Assets: Bank
> > 
> > From what I can tell, when I charge something, GnuCash
> > automatically deducts it from my Assets:bank.  This
> > is frustrating to me because I have done no such thing.
> > It should wait until I actually make a payment.
> > 
> > I think Rube Goldberg is having an good laugh at my expense.
> 
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