[GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

[ToddAndMargo]

On 4/13/19 2:25 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
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>> On Apr 13, 2019, at 3:14 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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>> Hi All, especially Adrian,
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>> Here is what I have so far.
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>> I have two accounts:
>>     "Little Visa", which is a Credit card account
>>     "Little Visa -- Expense", which is an expense account
>>
>> Credit card charges I have entered into "LittleVisa" (transfer column)
>> as a "debit".  I get a corresponding "credit" in "little Visa--expense”.
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> Backwards. Charges should be credits to the credit card account and debits to the expense account.
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>> Payment go into "LittleVisa -- Expense" as a "debit".  I get
>> a corresponding "credit" in "LittleVisa”.
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> Again, backwards. Reverse your debits and credits. Payments are a debit to the credit card account and credit to the asset account used to make the payment.
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> Also, you don’t want to make your payments go to the expense account. You aren’t paying the card with expenses, you’re paying it with an asset. (that account I mentioned in the other thread...)
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> Note, now that you can see what is going on, you can switch back to Basic View and informal labels if you prefer. (payment/charge instead of debit/credit)
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> Regards,
> Adrien

Oh Geez,

I try to reverse the numbers and get all kinds of junk to Imbalance USD.
Is there a way to elegantly do this?