[GNC] Confused Entering A Refund To Credit Card Account
Jack Frillman
jcf_m_lists at me.com
Tue Mar 30 16:06:48 EDT 2021
I tried adding the minus sign and I still got the Unbalanced-USD thing
but that doesn't I was doing it correctly.
Entering these split transactions had been the biggest issue I have
encountered switching to GNUCash.
On 3/30/21 3:37 PM, Maf. King wrote:
> 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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