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What is Double Entry?

+ Double entry is an accounting methodology used by proffesionals + to make sure that all accounts are properly balanced. When accounts + balance, the likelyhood that a data-entry error has been made is much + less. For large, complex accounts with many transactions, it is easy + to make errors that might go undetected for a long time. Double-entry + is a crucial technology for catching those errors. +

+ A dobule-entry transaction is a transaction that appears in two + accounts. One account is debited by an amount exactly equal to + what the other is credited. Thus, all transactions are always + transfers between two accounts. Since they always appear with + a plus sign in one account, and a minus sign in the other, the + total over all accounts will always be zero, and thus, balanced + accounts are guarenteed. +

+ Double-entry is already familiar to most people as a transfer + from one bank account to another, where money is withdrawn from + one and deposited in another. Far less familiar is the idea that + double entry can be used to track income and expenses as well as + bank transfers. See the "Income/Expense" help window for more + information. + +

Using Double Entry

+ To use the double entry, click on a box in the column marked + "Transfer From" on the left-hand side of the register. A menu + will drop down, listing all of the accounts from which a transfer + may be made. Select one. When you record the transaction, + the double-entry will automatically be made, and the transaction + automatically appear in all windows showing the transfered-from + and the transferred-to accounts. +

+ To change a double-entry transaction, edit it in any window in + which it appears. Any changes made will be automatically + reflected in both accounts and all windows displaying the + transaction. Similarly, when a double-entry transaction is + deleted, it is deleted from both accounts; blanaces are + automatically recalculated for both accounts. +

+ To change the transfer account, simply select a new account + from the pull-down menu. When you record the transaction, + it will automatically be delected from the old account, and + inserted into the new account. + + + diff --git a/Docs/xacc-main.html b/Docs/xacc-main.html index 718c4d0728..c12cada5c4 100644 --- a/Docs/xacc-main.html +++ b/Docs/xacc-main.html @@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ For help on a specific topic: