Thanks. So it becomes a "split transaction" looking like this? [image: image.png] (That's from the "Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account" view).
F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Mo., 23. Sept. 2024 um 17:12 Uhr schrieb Murugan Mariappan < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com>: > To represent using normal labels > > Decrease Checking account 1136.80 > Payment Credit Card account 252.55 > Decrease Equity (opening balance)884.25 > > > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 23 September 2024 11:44 > *To:* Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time > period in the past which is not in GnuCash? > > Hi Murugan. Thanks. > So it means I decrease my checking account as well as my Equity "Opening > Balance"? > F. > > https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music > https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music > https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com > > > Am Mo., 23. Sept. 2024 um 15:39 Uhr schrieb Murugan Mariappan < > m.muruganan...@hotmail.com>: > > You pass the balance entry to equity account ( the same account you used > for offsetting your opening balance, this is to reflect your spending > before your start period) > > Cr checking account 1136.80 > Dr Credit Card account 252.55 > Dr equity (opening balance)884.25 > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > ------------------------------ > *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam= > hotmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf of Boniforti Flavio < > bonifort...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 23 September 2024 10:18 > *To:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > *Subject:* [GNC] How to record a transaction which covers a time period > in the past which is not in GnuCash? > > Hi list. > > I don't know how to phrase it with a one-liner, thus the subject line might > be unclear :-( > I'll try to explain. > > I've started with GnuCash a couple of weeks ago, trying to understand how > it works and how I can apply it to my personal finances. At one point I > decided to put some real values in it and I put the "opening balances" for > my bank accounts dating on the 31st of December, 2023. I am now slowly (but > it is an exercise for me to understand how all this works) manually > entering my transactions - please don't comment about this being > time-consuming or similar: I know it already! :-) > > I do now have a situation which I don't know how to handle, therefore I'm > posting here. > I've entered all my credit card expenses for the month of January 2023. The > credit card bill was emitted on January 14th and paid from my checking > account on January 25th. I did the "reconciliation" on my > Liabilities:Credit Card account but I did just reconcile 252.55 (which is > the amount of credit card payments between 1st and 14th of January). But of > course my checking account was reduced by the full amount of the credit > card bill (1136.80). Now my understanding is that I have to reduce my > checking account by the latter amount (1136.80), but I am under the > impression that it would be wrong to transfer this amount to the > "Liabilities:Credit Card" account, because there I don't have the credit > card expenses from December 2023. > > So I'm confused on how to deal with the above. Is there a way I could enter > some sort of "corrective transaction" to have the correct balance on my > checking account (which should be -1136.80 and not only -252.55)? > > Thanks for your help already! > F. > > > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fboniforti_music&data=05%7C02%7C%7C17395c88f962426cc87d08dcdbd29899%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638626944776832018%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dGxU1K2G0qZO5XQl8ShqorEk%2B6ylsJzaD174oXfNaAI%3D&reserved=0 > <https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music> > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fboniforti_music&data=05%7C02%7C%7C17395c88f962426cc87d08dcdbd29899%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638626944776855411%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NAIFuy2IQbWxSG3WlOYk2EIJICI6xkJJoFM2bN6yTIs%3D&reserved=0 > <https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music> > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbonny-j.bandcamp.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C17395c88f962426cc87d08dcdbd29899%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638626944776868625%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0jYjPQVXwk1Ux9nXFVrxz9Q518U9SI3JxDIG3z%2BNFrM%3D&reserved=0 > <https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com/> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7C%7C17395c88f962426cc87d08dcdbd29899%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638626944776880128%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=guYfZIOVwu7dJ%2FrB%2B17udrO5WjVbsdbaYBIeP%2FK13YM%3D&reserved=0 > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >
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