Thanks Phil, that helps. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Phil Longstaff <phil.longst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In an accounting sense, giving money to pay off the principal of a loan is > not an expense. It is a transfer to pay down a liability. Similarly, giving > money towards an RRSP (Canada) or 401K (US) is not an expense. It is a > transfer to an asset account. These are the transfers that are captured by > "Transfer". It is the money to pay down liabilities or increase assets. > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Roger Miskowicz <rmisk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am curious as to what 'Transfer' means in the 'Budget'? >> >> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> >> > gnuCash Menue's offer: Actions -> Transfer >> > Which seems to allow a simple way to debit one account and credit >> > another... right? >> > if so isn't that the same functionality as what is called a "Journal >> > Entry" ? >> > Thanks. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
