Thanks! I couldn’t sleep and was bored with news and games otherwise. Regards, Adrien
> On Apr 11, 2019, at 5:34 AM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Adrien, > > > You are more patient than I am. I've already deleted more RTFM messages than > I can count... > > > David > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 13:21, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > No, it is not automatically deducting your bank account. > > If you see the bank account decrease then you aren’t entering the charged > expense correctly, you’re entering a payment. > > Really, I suggest you stop and pause. > > READ the Help and Guide as suggested with the app open for reference. > > READ over my other replies and change the preference and view settings I > recommended. (you can always change them back later) > > You need to see the entire data in the transaction using the formal > accounting labels or you are just going to get lost, fast. > > GnuCash is not an app you can just start using and intuitively guess your way > through it, especially if you have no background in bookkeeping or > accounting. You need to learn how to use the app first and how the app is > designed to work. The Help and Guide will explain this to you. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:42 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > > On 4/11/19 12:33 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > >> You set up one account for the card (Liabilities: Credit Card), one for > >> the bank (Assets: Bank) and then you have as many set up as you want for > >> expenses. > >> When you buy something, charge the card and have the "other" account be > >> Expenses: Groceries, Expenses: Gasoline, etc. Whatever you want as long > >> as the "other" account is some kind of expense account. > >> When you pay the credit card, it comes from Assets: Bank > > > > From what I can tell, when I charge something, GnuCash > > automatically deducts it from my Assets:bank. This > > is frustrating to me because I have done no such thing. > > It should wait until I actually make a payment. > > > > I think Rube Goldberg is having an good laugh at my expense. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
