On 2020-09-08 05:52, Chris Green wrote: > ... I can't work out how to enter > opening balances for the two accounts we have - a current account and > a savings account (which is basically the building fund). ... > > So, ignoring the help system, how do I enter an Opening Balance? > There's a section in accounts under 'Equity' for opening balances and
You can enter an opening balance in the dialog when you create a new account. If the account is already created, you can give it an opening balance by creating a transaction. Debit:Assets:Bank Account Credit:Equity > I tried creating two accounts under that and entering balances but the > result made no sense at all to me. Having entered an opening balance > I'd expect the balance sheet to show me that amount but GnuCash just > did a decrease and a balancing increase in the Equity account which > doesn't really make much sense. I don't understand. What transactions, exactly, were created by you and by GC? -- Regards, Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
