Am 01.07.2018 um 01:57 schrieb DaveC49: > Stephen John, Geert > > In accounting terms there are really only 3 basic account types: > Asset > Liability > Equity > > These all *must *satisfy the basic accounting equation Assets=Liabilities > +Equity. > > The two sides of this equation are what the German /European system defines > as Activa and Passiva but these groupings are primarily reporting > requirements not account heirarchy. Is there really a need to have an > additional placeholder category as the reporting grouping can be readily > defined from the existing basic account heirarchy structure? >
In the German system active and passive are seen as the fundamental account types. In the end it leads to the same result, but I get your point of view. Hovever I would suggest make changes to the balance sheet report to be able to produce European reports. Regards, Christian Kluge _______________________________________________ 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.