[GNC] Confused Entering A Refund To Credit Card Account

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Tue Mar 30 16:37:25 EDT 2021


I bet you hit the enter key...  That causes the transaction to commit.
You should use the arrow keys or tab keys to move around the multi-split
transaction until you're done.

-derek

On Tue, March 30, 2021 4:06 pm, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user wrote:
> 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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