[GNC] How to record 'balancing' trnsactions?

[Chris Green]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 03:51:53PM +0100, Paul Feakins wrote:
> On 12/07/2023 15:44, Stan Brown wrote:
> > On 2023-07-12 05:19, Paul Feakins wrote:
> >> Why would you have 2 separate instances of GnuCash rather than simply 2
> >> Asset accounts?
> > What he said.
> >
> > And I'll just add that when you have two independent sets of books,
> > sooner or later they're going to fall out of sync through human error,
> > and then you'll have a bigger mess.
> >
> > Stan Brown
> > Tehachapi, CA, USA
> > https://BrownMath.com
> 
> Indeed. Plus the asker didn't copy in the list but replied to me 
> directly asking "Why not?"
> 
> I replied with:
> 
> Because the Church is one entity and it owns both accounts?
> 
> Because GnuCash is designed to handle multiple Asset accounts?
> 
> Because opening 2 instances is more complicated than opening just one?
> 
> Because a transfer from one account to the other would be easier in the 
> same instance?
> 
Because you E-Mailed me directly!

Thanks for all the help everbody!

-- 
Chris Green