[GNC] newbie question

[Fred Bone]

On 06 February 2022 at 22:32, Shevach Pepper said:

> Hello there,
> I have two accounts: income (n.ya.) and cash (my pocket)
> I got payed $500 from n. ya. and the money is  now in "my pocket".
> My problem is when I record in n. ya. charge $500 and in the transfer
> column 'my pocket" it records it as a "spent" right hand column. I just
> can't figure out why it is like this: According to my logic if it goes out
> of income then it should be received by "my pocket" Can someone help me to
> figure out my mistake? Thanks a lot Shevach

You seem to have put the amount in the wrong column.

An income account normally has the amount in the "Credit" (right-hand) 
column and the receiving account ("cash in hand" as I would call it) then 
shows the amount in the "Debit" (left-hand) column.