[GNC] Confused Entering A Refund To Credit Card Account

[Maf. King]

Purchased in error, rather than data-entry error.  ;-)

I will note another possible way to flip the columns - just put a - sign in 
before the value, then on tabbing-out of the column it will flip to the other 
side (and lose the minus sign!).

Maf.

On Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:16:17 BST Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
> In the world I worked in before retiring there can be different kinds of
> errors and they are often handled differently. That may not apply in
> accounting but it's my old habits and instincts kicking in.
> So, I don't consider a refund an error but a kind normal transaction. 
> An error has a completely different meaning to me.
> 
> On 3/30/21 2:04 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> > Is one kind of error different from others?
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:08 PM Jack Frillman via gnucash-user
> > 
> > <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
> >     I never considered that option since the GNUCash documentation
> >     describes
> >     it for correcting errors.
> >     
> >     On 3/30/21 12:49 PM, Robin Chattopadhyay wrote:
> >     > There’s another, even easier IMO, option to select the Reverse
> >     
> >     Transaction
> >     
> >     > option. That will duplicate the transaction and flip the amounts
> >     
> >     at the
> >     
> >     > same time.
> >     > 
> >     > Robin
> >     > 
> >     > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 10:57 AM Cam Ellison <cam at ellisonet.ca
> >     
> >     <mailto:cam at ellisonet.ca>> wrote:
> >     >> On 2021-03-30 8:43 a.m., Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
> >     >>> I'm trying to enter a refund split transaction to a credit card
> >     >>> account and every time I do I get an Imbalance-USD amount.
> >     
> >     (see screen
> >     
> >     >>> shots below)
> >     >>> Why is this happening?
> >     >> 
> >     >> Screenshots don't work.
> >     >> 
> >     >> Easiest way for me to do the reversal is to duplicate the
> >     
> >     transaction
> >     
> >     >> and then cut-and-paste each amount from one side of the
> >     
> >     register to the
> >     
> >     >> other. Don't use <Enter>. If you use arrow keys or <Tab> to
> >     
> >     move between
> >     
> >     >> fields nothing will change, but the imbalance will show at the
> >     
> >     bottom -
> >     
> >     >> with no account assigned.
> >     >> 
> >     >> HTH
> >     >> 
> >     >> Cam
> >     >> 
> >     >> 
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