When entering transactions I just remember that money moves from right to left.
Colin Whilst that is true and the arrangement of named columns in GnuCash serves as a reminder, it is still necessary for the user to decide on which account row of the relevant column to enter transaction amounts, and that is where the problem lies. Alan On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 07:19, AEG via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@> wrote: > > The concept of Credits and Debits confuses most newcomers to GnuCash (it > did > me), so I devised a way to remember which goes where. > Given that transactions involve the movement of money from one account to > another... > > (C)redits belong to the (C)ontributing accounts. > (D)ebits belong to the (D)estination accounts. > > It has always worked for me. > > Alan > > -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
