Thank you for your help. Janet From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 14:39 Subject: Re: How to enter split transactions On 8/23/2017 2:47 AM, Janet Saxby via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi, > Can someone explain how to split transactions between accounts without > creating an imbalance? > Regards, > Janet Beyond what the tutorial might say, some advice to make easier. a) Until you are experienced, do not attempt two way spits (transactions split on BOTH the debit and credit side). b) Begin with the unsplit side whichever that is. Enter in THAT account but before selecting the other side account(s) hit "split". c) Change the other side amount to the correct amount for the first account on the other side, enter the account, and hit enter. The remaining balance will say the account is Imbalance. That should be the amount of the next split or larger. If larger, change to the amount of the next split and specify the account and hit enter, and you repeat "c". If the exact amount, when you have specified the account and hit enter the transaction will be in balance.
d) When you are faced with a two way split, you might (for now) use multiple transactions. For example, if manually opening a new set of books (creating the CoA with all accounts zero and then making the opening entry you could use two opening entries (one for the debits and one for the credits) Michael D Novack _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.