On Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:23:07 -0400 "D. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> The question about imbalance entries goes back a long ways in > GnuCash, and you can find discussions about it in the lists over the > years. > > Essentially, the debate boils down to this: is it better to allow a > user to enter an imbalanced transaction and automatically create the > balancing entry in a dummy account (Imbalance-XXX generically > speaking), or should the program nag the user to balance the > transaction every time? Gnucash choose the former many years ago, and > has stuck with that model since. It is a problem when you are not aware of how to enter transactions, and press the Enter key, probably by habit. Nevertheless I can still find myself with Imbalance entries although I have been using Gnucash a long time. Liz _______________________________________________ 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.
