[GNC] Editing the General Journal

Michael or Penny Novack stepbystepfarm at comcast.net
Mon Mar 31 19:25:10 EDT 2025


On 3/31/2025 4:10 PM, Jediator wrote:
> Is there any easy way in GNC to distinguish journal entries between 
> accountant-made entries (e.g., depreciation of assets) and general 
> transaction entries?  Coming from a Quickbooks background, the view of 
> general journal in QB contains only accountant-made entries by 
> default.  Thanks a lot! 

This is a terminology confusion (and it is confusing)

Once upon a time (within my lifetime)  ALL transaction began as entries 
in the journal (book of original entry) and from there were posted to 
the ledger. So in a logical sense, all transactions "journal entries". 
But language/terminology not always logical. Even back then it was 
common to call the adjusting transactions made at end of period "journal 
entries"

Michael D Novack




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