Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-16 Thread ornd25
> For example, ... if you paid with the credit card would be db expense; cr > credit card. > > Then when you pay against credit card charges might be: > 1) balance paid in full, no interest - db credit card; cr checking > ... > Michael D Novack > > Possible duplicate. Thank you, Mike.

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-16 Thread Stan Brown
On 2019-09-16 08:54, Mike or Penny Novack wrote: > On 9/15/2019 10:01 PM, Peter West wrote: >> . That means that increases in an Asset are debits, while decreases >> are credits; and increases in Liabilities (or Equity) are credits, >> while decreases are debits. >> >> Income increases assets;

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-16 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/15/2019 10:01 PM, Peter West wrote: . That means that increases in an Asset are debits, while decreases are credits; and increases in Liabilities (or Equity) are credits, while decreases are debits. Income increases assets; an increase in an asset is a debit; therefore the balancing

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In addition to the info David & Peter offered, I see an issue with the ‘Bills:Credit Card Charge’ account. That shouldn’t be there. Bills that you owe *are* your liabilities. Normally, recurring bills like utilities, phone, tv, and rent would fall under ‘Accounts Payable’ which is a Liability

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread Peter West
Hi, I can’t be of much help, because my accounts setup is different from yours, but if you run Reports > Assets & Liabilities > Balance Sheet, the Balance Sheet will show total assets, total liabilities and total equity. It also shows the sum of Total Liabilities and Total Equity. The sheet is

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread David Cousens
To treat a credit card properly you will need to setup accounts .GnuCash has basic account types (Assets, Liabilities, Equity and Income and Expenses and the top level accounts in your Chart of accounts will normally have these names. Your credit card account is a liability and will appear as a

[GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread ornd25
I've just recently started with GnuCash and decided to treat credit cards as liabilities rather than expenses as I did previously. To that end I've migrated my accounts, but since I don't know how the result should appear I'd like to ask if I have it done properly. Right now I've set it up