[GNC] Help - entering opening balances

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Tue Sep 8 10:16:29 EDT 2020


On Tue, September 8, 2020 10:13 am, Chris Green wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 11:01:29PM +1000, Peter West wrote:
>>    Hi Chris,
>>
>>    Don’t create accounts under Equity. Create your savings and current
>>    account under Assets. Then enter your opening balances as Stan Brown
>>    describes.
>>
> But GnuCash actually has an 'Opening Balances' placeholder in Equity,
> isn't that where your opening balance credits to the bank accounts
> come from?

Yes, but not as sub-accounts.

I.e., don't create E:O-B:Bank1, E-O-B:Bank2, etc.
Just create a transaction from E:O-B -> Assets:Bank1 and E:O-B ->
Assets:Bank2.

> Chris Green

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-derek

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