[GNC] new to gnucash

[Steve Butler]

Sounds right to me.

Remember that Asset and Expense accounts are Debit accounts.  So Debit
increases and Credit decreases the balances in the accounts.

Liability, Income, and Equity/Capital accounts are Credit accounts.  So
Debit decreases and Credit increases the balance.

On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 08:44 Mike Kerstetter <mkerstetter62 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hello all. I'm brand new to gnucash. I want it to do just the basics of
> keeping a register and reconciliation of a couple bank and credit card
> accounts. I had Money Sunset Deluxe and currently have Quicken (which is
> now charging a yearly subscription). I'm muddling through setting up my
> accounts and I am baffled at the seemingly backward credit and debit
> columns in the register. A deposit to my Checking (or payment to my
> credit card account) shows up under "DEBIT" and a charge to my accounts
> shows up under "CREDIT".  The balance is correct. Am I doing something
> wrong in my set-up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Kerstetter
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