Thanks all who replied, and so quickly, too. I think Dale pretty much nailed it, about over-thinking the problem. Or perhaps more accurately, failing to think about it in a new (gnu?) way.
Since the interest payments originated with the asset (the CD), I assumed that the payments should first appear in, or go through, the asset account holding the CD (analogous to what I am used to in Quicken). But it is definitely easier just to start with the income account and having the money then transfer to the checking account. I can use the Description field to note the source of the money. Which brings me to another point. Since I can do that, it seems to me that ALL interest payments — other CDs, savings accounts, etc — can use the same Income:Interest account, yes? I don't see that I need to separate them, as long as they are tagged with the source. Unless I'm missing something, which is more than entirely possible. Art _______________________________________________ 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.
