Re: [GNC] Record Loan Interest

2020-05-06 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/5/2020 10:30 PM, flywire wrote: Thank you. The guide explains a credit card account is a short-term loan. The Loans section probably needs a reference back to Credit Card Putting It All Together section which clearly explains Interest and Payments. Aaron describes it pretty well, a loan

Re: [GNC] Record Loan Interest

2020-05-05 Thread flywire
Thank you. The guide explains a credit card account is a short-term loan. The Loans section probably needs a reference back to Credit Card Putting It All Together section which clearly explains Interest and Payments. Aaron describes it pretty well, a loan interest transaction generates an expense

Re: [GNC] Record Loan Interest

2020-05-04 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Most loans (certainly mortgages) aren't allowed to grow like this, so the manual doesn't cover it. When your interest accrues, it will look like this: Credit cards, lines of credit, etc. do This is less a gnucash question than a fundamentals question, and once I show you what you might want

Re: [GNC] Record Loan Interest

2020-05-04 Thread Aaron Laws
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 2:26 AM flywire wrote: > Sorry, another loan query. Going in circles and thoroughly confused by > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/loans_mortgage1.html > which seems > to cut out before the interest is paid and flip to making a loan. > > I have a loan

[GNC] Record Loan Interest

2020-05-04 Thread flywire
Sorry, another loan query. Going in circles and thoroughly confused by https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/loans_mortgage1.html which seems to cut out before the interest is paid and flip to making a loan. I have a loan account (say $1000 Liabilities:Loan) and the interest is