[GNC] journal entries

[Clint Chaplin]

This is also similar to NetSuite, which is an on-line double entry
bookkeeping service, and where "journal entries" are a special case
transaction, even though by definition everything is really a journal entry.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:02 AM Dale Alspach <alspachde at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think Frank is on the right track. The original poster is coming from
> Quicken which I have never used. I think it is similar to Quickbooks
> which I have used a little. Journal entries are used for corrections,
> some transfers between accounts, etc., in Quickbooks.
>
> Gnucash does not have a special notion of journal entry. The General
> Journal is just a view of all transactions from all accounts. This may
> be what is confusing the original poster.
>
> Dale
>
> On 8/12/19 10:38 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:
> > Am Mo., 12. Aug. 2019 um 17:21 Uhr schrieb David T. via gnucash-user
> > <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>:
> >>
> >> I'm not sure how this is a challenge, especially since both John and
> >> David C. pointed you in the right direction in the docs. Perhaps you are
> >> associating the term "Journal entry" with something special?
> > :
> > In the times of ink and paper, you had to enter (parts of) a
> > transaction 3 times:
> > Journal, Account A, Account B.
> >
> > On computers it is different, e.g.
> > you enter all details in account A and the relevant parts appear also
> > in account B and Tools->General Journal.
> >
> > HTH
> > Frank
> >
> >> On 8/12/2019 8:20 PM, Harold via gnucash-user wrote:
> >>
> >>>   I have searched, looked, and read what I could find about journal
> entries in GC but I am no closer to understanding what I need to do to
> enter a journal entry. I am not an accountant and am using GC for my
> personal bookkeeping. I have entered journal entries in Quickbooks in the
> past but don't understand how to do it in GC. Can anyone nudge me in the
> right direction?Thanks,Harold
> > :
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