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November 27, 2019
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When I view Account History in Chart Of Accounts transactions show as Increase/Decrease. Also credit balance liabilities show as positive. How to have it as debit/credit

  • November 27, 2019
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howie2Author
November 27, 2019

When I view Account History in Chart Of Accounts all of the transactions show in columns under Increases/Decreases. How do I instead have it read as debits/credits?

 

For example, a shareholder loan account that I've lent money to the company. This should show as a credit transaction to the shareholder account and a negative balance. However, in Quickbooks, it comes in as an "increase" and also a positive balance in the account history.

March 24, 2021

I completely agree. It's absolutely ridiculous that we can't get normal accounting verbage from what is supposed to be an accounting program.

July 26, 2021

I have already done that as have many other accountants, but I suppose we're not being listened to.


Hi knewk227,

 

I can see where you're coming from, and I get that anyone familiar with debits and credits would rather see what they know. QuickBooks has tried to make the program easy enough for people with no accounting background to use. Support asks you to provide feedback because those suggestions go to the program developers, the people who make the changes to the program. We also pass along the feedback we receive. QuickBooks is constantly evolving and changing. The updates that happen are based on what the product development teams think is the greatest need based on the responses from users like you. So, thank you for providing feedback.