Chapter 4. Entering Transactions

Table of Contents

4.1. Overview of Registers
4.2. Choosing a Register Style
4.3. Using Entry Shortcuts
4.4. Putting It All Together

This chapter will give you the basic information you need to enter transactions in GnuCash. The next chapters address more specific cases you may have.

We mentioned before that transactions must consist of at least two parts, the part transferring money from an account and the part transferring money to an account. Accountants call these parts of a transaction Ledger Entries. In GnuCash, they are called Splits.