[GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

Eric Chapman gnucashlist at etchapman.com
Thu Jan 18 14:53:56 EST 2024


FWIW: How about "Simple transactions" (with one debit & one credit) and 
"Compound transactions" (those with more than one debit or more than one 
credit)?

On 1/18/24 11:56, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Fair enough. We need a new term for one of these things. It is a 
> repeated source of confusion & consternation.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 1/18/24 9:54 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
>> Except I would never refer to a transaction that affect JUST TWO 
>> accounts to have any "splits". When I use the term "splits" I mean 
>> that either there is more than one debit account, more than one 
>> credit account, or both. ALL transactions involve at least two 
>> accounts, at least one debit and at least one credit. That is 
>> fundamental to double entry bookkeeping.



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