Hi, On Fri, June 10, 2022 11:35 am, Kevin T wrote: > I attached a snip jpg. I don't know if they make it through. The > transfer is from an 'Asset' account. I did check the preferences and the > 'reverse' was set on the cc accounts. I changed that and the balance is > now positive. > Thanks. > Kevin
no, your screenshot did not make it through, probably because you sent it as inline-HTML (which gets stripped) vs sending it as a MIME attachment (which gets sent through). Having said that, if you transfer from an Asset to the CC, that *IS* a payment and the account *SHOULD* be negative. -derek > > On Friday, June 10, 2022, 10:10:18 AM CDT, Derek Atkins > <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, June 10, 2022 11:01 am, Kevin T via gnucash-user wrote: >> I have created a new credit card account. Completely empty, zero >> balance.From one of the other accounts, I have transferred monies to >> this >> account.Viewing this account, the transfers show up as entries in the >> 'Payment' column, as they should.But...The balance becomes more negative >> with each transfer. This is counter intuitive to me. Is there some way >> of interpreting this different?Why? > > There are a couple of possibilities. The first is that you are entering > the transaction backwards. This can happen easily if you, for example, > enter the account from the Expense account. This is why we (I?) always > recommend you enter transactions from an Asset or Liability account. > > The other option is that your settings for showing reverse balances isn't > set correctly. This setting tells GnuCash to "reverse" the balance of > accounts that are "normally" negative. The default should be "Credit > Accounts", but you may have accidentally changed it. > > Hope this helps, > >> Kevin > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ 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.